The whole of Rabindranath's composition Rabindra Rachnabali Rabindranath Tagore (25th Baishakh, 126 - 22nd Shravan, 1348 BS / 7th May, 181 - 7th August, 1941 AD) was a leading Bengali poet, novelist, composer, playwright, illustrator, short story writer, essayist, actor. Rabindranath Tagore is considered to be the greatest writer of Bengali language. Rabindranath Tagore wrote 52 books of poetry, 13 novels, 95 short stories, 36 essays and prose books and 36 plays and about two thousand songs. R