China on Thursday released the first ever Chinese translations of the collective works of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a rare honour to the famed poet who enjoys iconic status among generations of Chinese people.
In all 33 volumes containing 16 million words covering his poetry, essays, novels and drama sections were released ahead of Tagore’s 155th birth anniversary at the China
Radio International (CRI) which broadcasts in Bengali language besides host of Indian and intentional languages as diplomats from India and Bangladesh also attended the function.