Andrew Robinson. British author and editor (born 1957).

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Robinson first visited India in 1975 and has been a devotee of the country's culture ever since, in particular the poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and the film director Satyajit Ray. He has authored many books and articles. He is the Literary Editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement based in London. 1975 was a common year starting on ghjgh Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. ... Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (Bangla: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর, Robindronath Ţhakur) (May 7, 1861 - August 7, 1941) (in the Bangla Calendar, 25 Baishakh, 1268 - 22 Srabon, 1348), also called Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo philosopher and nationalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913, becoming the first Asian to win... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Satyajit Ray (Bangla:সত্যজিত্‍ রায়) (May 2, 1921 - April 23, 1992) was an Academy Award winning Bengali film director whose films are perhaps the greatest testament to Bengali and Indian cinema. ... The Times Higher Education Supplement, known as The Times Higher for short, is a newspaper based in London, United Kingdom, that reports specifically on issues related to education. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

Selected books

• The Coasts of India with Ashvin Mehta. Thames and Hudson (1987). ISBN 0500241309.
• Maharaja: The Spectaular Heritage of Princely India with Sumio Uchiyama. Thames and Hudson (1988). IBSN 0500541361.
• Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye. Andre Deutsch (1989). ISBN 0233984739.
• The Art of Rabindranath Tagore. Andre Deutsch (1989. ISBN 0233983597.
• The Shape of the World with Simon Berthon. George Philip (1991). ISBN 0540012297.
• Earth Shock: Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes & Other Forces of Nature. Thames and Hudson (1993). ISBN 0500015791.
• Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-minded Man with Krishna Dutta. St. Martin's Press (1995). ISBN 0312140304. Also: Bloomsbury (1997). ISBN 0747530866.
• Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthology with Krishna Dutta and Rabindranath Tagore. St. Martin's Press (1997). ISBN 0312169736. Also: Griffin (1998). ISBN 031220079X.
• Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore with Krishna Dutta and Rabindranath Tagore. Cambridge University Press (1997). ISBN 0521590183.
• The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms. Thames and Hudson (2000). ISBN 0500281564.
• The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris. Thames and Hudson (2002). ISBN 0500510776.
• Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Great Undeciphered Scripts. McGraw-Hill (2002). ISBN 0071357432.
• Satyajit Ray, The Inner Eye: The Biography of a Master Film-Maker. I.B. Tauris (2003). ISBN 1860649653.
• Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema. I.B. Tauris (2005). ISBN 1845110749.
• Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity. Palazzo Editions (2005). ISBN 0954510348.

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External links

• Alibris list of books
• Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema article