Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling Biography

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Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet, born on December 30, 1865 in Bombay, India. He was the son of British parents, John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Macdonald Kipling. Kipling spent his childhood in India, where his father was a museum director and an artist. He attended boarding school in England before returning to India as a teenager.

In 1887, Kipling began working as a journalist and writer in India, and published his first book of poetry, "Departmental Ditties," in 1886. He also wrote a number of short stories and novels, including "The Jungle Book" (1894) and "Just So Stories" (1902).

In 1889, Kipling left India and moved to England, where he continued to write and publish books, including "Kim" (1901) and "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888). He also wrote several war poems, including "Recessional" and "The White Man's Burden," which were published during World War I.

Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, and was also made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919. He died on January 18, 1936 in London, England. Kipling's works are still widely read and respected today, and his stories and poetry continue to be popular with both children and adults.