Last Life (1932-1941)

 Rabindranath Tagore

 Rabindranath Tagore traveled the world a total of twelve times. [107] Between 18 and 1932, he traveled to more than thirty countries on five continents. [107] He visited England twice in his early life (18 and 1890). [107] On his third visit to England, he read the English translation of the newly composed Gitanjali to a number of English poets and intellectuals, including Yates. [106] They were also impressed by the poems. [106] "Rabindranath became acquainted with Charles Freer Andrews. [110] He was awarded the Nobel Prize by the Swedish Academy in 1913. [106] [113] These discourses were compiled in his book Nationalism (1917). [106] [114] Rabindranath's dissenting views on nationalism were rejected during the visit to those two countries. [107] The poet again traveled to Europe and the United States. [106] During this visit he was received in Western countries. [106] Rabindranath visited China in 1924. [106] He then traveled from China to Japan and gave anti-nationalist speeches there. [107] Towards the end of the year, at the invitation of the Peruvian government, he fell ill in Argentina and spent three months in the hospitality of the poet Victoria Ocampo. [115] He canceled his trip to Peru due to ill health. [118] Rabindranath visited Italy at the invitation of Benito Mussolini in 1926. [116] Although initially impressed by Mussolini's hospitality, the poet criticized Mussolini's actions after learning of his authoritarianism. As a result, the friendly relationship between the two broke down. [119] Rabindranath then traveled to Greece, Turkey and Egypt and returned to India. [107] During this time he traveled to Bali, Java, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Penang, Siam, and Singapore. [121] The poet last traveled to England in 1930 to give a Hibbert lecture in Oxford. [106] He then traveled to France, Germany, Switzerland, Soviet Russia The United States. [122] [123] [124] The poet traveled to Iraq and Persia in 1932. [108] Then in 1934 Rabindranath went to Sinhala. This was his last foreign tour. [125] [128]

The books in which Rabindranath recorded his experiences of traveling abroad are: Europe-Expatriate Letter (181), Europe-Traveler's Diary (1891, 1893), Japan-Traveler (1919), Traveler (West Traveler's Diary and Java-Traveler's Letter, 1929), Letters from Russia (1931), Perseus (1938) and The Storage of the Path (1939). [106] He had the opportunity to meet prominent personalities such as Roland. [127] [127] During his travels to Persia, Iraq, and Sinhala in the latter part of his life, his disgust with apartheid and nationalism only intensified. [129] He also had the opportunity to exchange and exchange political views with the outside world. [10