The friends of Rabindranath in England did not like the intimacy of Sturge Moore with him in different aspects.But Sturge Moore was moving in his own way. Rabindranath's creativity deeply attracted him which was evident from the letters he had written to Rabindranath. He wanted to do all he could and he wrote a letter to Rabindranath requesting him to allow that he might do ;
"It would be well to let Fox Srangeways who has quite precise ideas on all such matters or else misunderstandings & disappointments are bound to arise."
In another letter he expressed about Strangways; "he seems not to be in a very happy frame of mind." On 22 Aug he wrote;
"You will I hope trust me after you are gone as before to help in any way I can, either in preparing Ms or correcting proofs etc etc."
The respect he had for Rabindranath was expressed in the letter of 19th Sept.;
" you have come to us from so far that it is almost as though you had risen from the dead, and we felt for you the awe proper for a messenger from another world as different as it was clearly free from so much that hampers and engrosses ours."
His state of mind was expressed when he related Rabindranath with Jesus Christ.
This respect he offered with extreme secrecy and in his own way.
Nobel Prize for literature began to be awarded since 1901. The system for the award was that the organisations from different countries may recommend names of prospective candidate to the Nobel Committee or an ex-winner of Nobel prize may recommend such names. The members of the the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom had recommended the name of Rudyard Kipling (1865-19360) in 2007, who won the Nobel prize in literature in 2007.This year they had decided to recommend the name of the famous poet and dramatist Thomas Hardy ( 1840-1928).But being a member of the society Sturge Moore in his own capacity recommended the name of Rabindranath Tagore.
The young Swidish friend Hans Hadders was requested to send a copy of the original letter of recommendation. But the director of the Svenska Akademiens Nobelbibliotek of Stckhome , Carol Hermelin send a copy of the recommendation of Rabindranath as in the margin.
This respect he offered with extreme secrecy and in his own way.
Nobel Prize for literature began to be awarded since 1901. The system for the award was that the organisations from different countries may recommend names of prospective candidate to the Nobel Committee or an ex-winner of Nobel prize may recommend such names. The members of the the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom had recommended the name of Rudyard Kipling (1865-19360) in 2007, who won the Nobel prize in literature in 2007.This year they had decided to recommend the name of the famous poet and dramatist Thomas Hardy ( 1840-1928).But being a member of the society Sturge Moore in his own capacity recommended the name of Rabindranath Tagore.
The young Swidish friend Hans Hadders was requested to send a copy of the original letter of recommendation. But the director of the Svenska Akademiens Nobelbibliotek of Stckhome , Carol Hermelin send a copy of the recommendation of Rabindranath as in the margin.
This was the document on the basis of which Nobel prize for literature was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore in1913.
This correspondence was found out by Krishna Kripalini which was circulated widely in 1955 and he printed it in his book Rabindranath Tagore : A biography (1962).
