"The Essential Tagore", a new anthology of Rabindranath Tagore's translated literature and art works, has been nominated the "book of the year-2011" by eminent American philosopher, writer and critic Martha Nussbaum.

The book is a tribute to the Nobel laureate on his 150th birth anniversary. An ambitious collection, "The Essential Tagore" has been hailed by critics as the largest single volume of the poet's work available in English.