New Delhi, April 12: To honour literary great Rabindranath Tagore, Bangladesh intends to bring out a series of books this year that will explore the different facets of the personality of the Nobel Laureate.
In the offing are at least 30 books on the painter, musician, novelist and poet who redefined Bangla literature and was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
The Dhaka-based Bangla Academy that is dedicated to promoting Bangla language in the country is leading the efforts to produce a large number of literary tributes to Tagore on his 150th birth anniversary.
“We are publishing 30 books by different authors on Tagore during the year 2011-12.
-Agencies