In a play by this author of Sanyasi and King of the Dark Chamber, Bishu is arrested by the Governor for trying to leave his job as a gold miner after he and other inhabitants of Yaksha Puri are inspired to revolt by Nandini, who wears a garland of the title flowers around her neck.
In one of this author's plays, a man who secludes himself in a cave in his quest for the "infinite," emerges from the cave seeking a little girl he has grown to care for, only to find that the girl has died. One play by this author features a story about a frog that was preserved in a stone for thousands of years, which was "saved from existing forever" when a character crushes the stone out of boredom. In a play by him, queen Sudarshana meets a man at a night festival whom she mistakes for her unseen (*) husband, and is horrified when she finally sees her husband's true face. In a play by this author of Sanyasi and King of the Dark Chamber, Bishu is arrested by the Governor for trying to leave his job as a gold miner after he and other inhabitants of Yaksha Puri are inspired to revolt by Nandini, who wears a garland of the title flowers around her neck. For 10 points, name this author of Red Oleanders, a Bengali poet.
In one of this author's plays, a man who secludes himself in a cave in his quest for the "infinite," emerges from the cave seeking a little girl he has grown to care for, only to find that the girl has died.
Rabindranath Tagore [or Ravīndranātha Thākura]