20/04/2022
/ Rudyard Kipling /
"Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book, Kim, and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King". His poems include "Mandalay", "Gunga Din", "The Gods of the Copybook Headings", "The White Man's Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands", and "If—". He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. His children's books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift." Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. Henry James said "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, as the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and at 41, its youngest recipient to date."
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Born: Joseph Rudyard Kipling, December 30, 1865, Malabar Hill, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died: January 18, 1936, Fitzrovia, London, England
Resting place:Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey
Occupation: Short-story writer, novelist, poet, journalist
Nationality: British
Genre: Short story, novel, children's literature, poetry, travel literature, science fiction
Notable works: The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Kim, Captains Courageous, "If—", "Gunga Din", "The White Man's Burden"
Notable awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, 1907
