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    Rudyard Kipling was a British author born in 1865 in Mumbai, India. Some key facts about his life and work include that he introduced the word "cushy" to the English language, his first name was actually Joseph, and some of his poems thought lost were published in 2013. He had an unhappy childhood and was influenced by his father, the artist and scholar John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling wrote about ordinary people and was concerned with the problems of his time. He received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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    Rudyard Kipling was a British author born in 1865 in Mumbai, India. Some key facts about his life and work include that he introduced the word "cushy" to the English language, his first name was actually Joseph, and some of his poems thought lost were published in 2013. He had an unhappy childhood and was influenced by his father, the artist and scholar John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling wrote about ordinary people and was concerned with the problems of his time. He received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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    Rudyard Kipling was a British author born in 1865 in Mumbai, India. Some key facts about his life and work include that he introduced the word "cushy" to the English language, his first name was actually Joseph, and some of his poems thought lost were published in 2013. He had an unhappy childhood and was influenced by his father, the artist and scholar John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling wrote about ordinary people and was concerned with the problems of his time. He received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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    RUDYARD

    KIPLING
    DECEMBER 30, 1865 MUMBAI INDIA -
    JANUARY 18, 1936 (AGED 70) LONDON
    ENGLAND

    INTERESTING

    FACTS ABOUT LIFE

    -He introduced the word ‘cushy’ into the


    English language.
    -His first name wasn’t Rudyard. It was
    Joseph.
    -In 2013, many of his poems, which had EDUCATION/
    long been thought lost, were published.
    .
    DEVELOPMENT AS

    A WRITER

    -Southsea, Portsmouth
    -the United Services College at
    Westward
    -He worked for seven years as a
    WRITING journalist
    INFLUENCES

    -Kipling’s father, John Lockwood


    Kipling, was an artist and scholar
    who had considerable influence on
    his son’s work
    -Much of his childhood was unhappy. LITERARY TREND

    THE AUTHOR

    REPRESENTS

    -He wrote about ordinary


    people, showing all beauty of
    their lives, like of bridge-
    builders, wireless operators,
    engineers, etc.
    WRITING AWARDS

    In 1907 Rudyard Kipling


    became the first English writer
    to receive the Nobel prize for
    literature. SIGNIFICANT
    WORKS

    The Seven Seas (1896),novel


    The Light That Failed (1890),
    Captains Courageous (1897),
    Kim (1901), The Jungle Book
    KEY
    (1894) and The Second Jungle
    CHARACTERISTICS Book (1895)

    OF AUTHOR’S
    OEUVRE

    -A story-teller is deeply concerned in


    the burning problems of that time
    -He established the 'true romance;
    -Working-class language is used
    extensively in his short stories

    'Man is the weakest and most defenseless of all living


    things.'

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