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    Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ˈrʌdjәrd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD­yәd KIP­ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) [1] was an English short­story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old

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    Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ˈrʌdjәrd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD­yәd KIP­ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) [1] was an English short­story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old

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    Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ˈrʌdjәrd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD­yәd KIP­ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) [1] was an English short­story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old

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    JosephRudyardKipling(/rdjrdkpl/RUDyd
    [1]
    KIPling30December186518January1936) was
    anEnglishshortstorywriter,poet,andnovelist.He
    wrotetalesandpoemsofBritishsoldiersinIndiaand
    storiesforchildren.HewasborninBombay,inthe
    BombayPresidencyofBritishIndia,andwastakenby
    hisfamilytoEnglandwhenhewasfiveyearsold.[2]

    RudyardKipling

    Kipling'sworksoffictionincludeTheJungleBook
    (1894),Kim(1901),andmanyshortstories,including
    "TheManWhoWouldBeKing"(1888).[3]Hispoems
    include"Mandalay"(1890),"GungaDin"(1890),
    "TheGodsoftheCopybookHeadings"(1919),"The
    WhiteMan'sBurden"(1899),and"If"(1910).Heis
    regardedasamajorinnovatorintheartoftheshort
    story[4]hischildren'sbooksareenduringclassicsof
    children'sliteratureandonecriticdescribedhiswork
    asexhibiting"aversatileandluminousnarrative
    gift".[5][6]
    Kiplingwasoneofthemostpopularwritersin
    England,inbothproseandverse,inthelate19thand
    early20thcenturies.[4]HenryJamessaid:"Kipling
    strikesmepersonallyasthemostcompletemanof
    genius(asdistinctfromfineintelligence)thatIhave
    everknown."[4]In1907,hewasawardedtheNobel
    PrizeinLiterature,makinghimthefirstEnglish
    languagewritertoreceivetheprize,anditsyoungest
    recipienttodate.[7]Amongotherhonours,hewas
    soundedoutfortheBritishPoetLaureateshipandon
    severaloccasionsforaknighthood,allofwhichhe
    declined.[8]
    Kipling'ssubsequentreputationhaschanged
    accordingtothepoliticalandsocialclimateofthe
    age[9][10]andtheresultingcontrastingviewsabout
    himcontinuedformuchofthe20thcentury.[11][12]
    GeorgeOrwellcalledhima"prophetofBritish
    imperialism".[13]LiterarycriticDouglasKerrwrote:
    "He[Kipling]isstillanauthorwhocaninspire
    passionatedisagreementandhisplaceinliteraryand
    culturalhistoryisfarfromsettled.Butastheageof
    theEuropeanempiresrecedes,heisrecognisedasan
    incomparable,ifcontroversial,interpreterofhow

    RudyardKiplingbyE.O.Hopp(1912)
    Born

    JosephRudyardKipling
    30December1865
    Bombay,BombayPresidency,
    BritishIndia

    Died

    18January1936(aged70)
    MiddlesexHospital,London,
    England,UnitedKingdom

    Resting
    place

    Poets'Corner,WestminsterAbbey,
    London

    Occupation Shortstorywriter,novelist,poet,
    journalist
    Nationality

    British

    Genre

    Shortstory,novel,children's
    literature,poetry,travelliterature,
    sciencefiction

    Notable
    works

    TheJungleBook
    JustSoStories
    Kim
    "If"
    "GungaDin"
    "TheWhiteMan'sBurden"

    Notable
    awards

    NobelPrizeinLiterature
    1907

    Spouse
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling

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