[ɾobin̪d̪ɾonat̪ʰ ʈʰakuɾ] ( help · info )) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), γ[›] also known by the sobriquet Gurudev , δ[›] was a Bengali poet, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became Asia's