Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), the son of the Great Sage Devendranath Tagore, was born in Calcutta, India. Tagore began to write early in his life, publishing in 1890 a collection of verse, Manasi, which marked the maturing of his genius. The next year, Tagore moved to Shilaidah and Saiyad-pur, where he wrote several collections of verse, stories, and two plays. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 for his collection Gitanjali ("Song Offering"). In his country, Tagore is widely known for his lyrics and songs on nature, love, and childhood. Also a gifted composer, he set hundreds of poems to music. Seeking to blend the best in Indian and Western traditions, Tagore founded the "world university," Santiniketan, one hundred miles outside of Calcutta. English translations of Tagore's work include The Crescent Moon, One Hundred Poems of Kabir, The Gardener, Red Oleanders, and Fireflies. His Collected Poems and Plays was published in 1936 and again in 1976.