Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. AMS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, no date. On a page labeled “6,” Tagore adds to a typed passage, in full: “The tremulous leaves beaten by the rain opened before my mind a vision of the world which does not merely carry an information but a revelation. This is the function of art. It has the magic wand which gives undying reality to all things it touches, and relates them to the personal being in us. We stand before its productions and say: I know you as I know myself, you are real.” Intersecting folds and light toning, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned photo of Tagore during his visit to the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, as well as a postcard signed by several people present at Woodbrooke. A revised version of this text appears in Tagore’s compilation of lectures published in 1931 under the title The Religion of Man, throughout which he deals with the largely universal themes of God, divine experience, illumination, and spirituality. A fantastic piece of the poet’s wisdom. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA.
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