Swedish Embassy marks 100 years of Tagore's Nobel Prize

November 06, 2013 10:47

Rabindranath Tagore, the first Indian to recieve the Nobel Prize in Literature will be at the centre of celebrations of the Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week in the country.

Organised by the Swedish Embassy, the seventh edition of the week is dedicated to Rabindranath Tagore to mark the centenary of his Nobel Prize in Literature.

"Tagore was not only the first Indian to bring home the prestigious award but also the non-European to get one in Literature," according to an official statement from the Embassy.

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