Young Rabindranath Tagore with his wife, Mrinalini. Rabindranath Thakur, anglicised to Tagore, sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Born: May 7, 1861, Jorasanko, India Died: August 7, 1941, Jorasanko Thakur Bari Spouse: Mrinalini Devi (m. 1883–1902) Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature Education: University of Calcutta, St. Xavier's Collegiate School, University College London.
