Rudyard Kipling

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RK, Rudyard Joseph Kipling, Radiard Kiplingi, and 50 others Rautgyarnt Kiplink, אלי כ״ץ, راديارد كيبلينغ،, Rudyuard Kipling, Redʹjard Kipling, كيبلينج، راديارد،, Red'ârd Kipling, Dzh. R Kipling, Rûdyard Qiplîng, Joseph Rudyard Kipling, Radoyādo Kipuringu, Runtiarnt Kiplink, Kipḷiṅ, רידיארד קיפלינג, רעדוארד קיפלינג, راديارد كيبلينج،, Rudyard Kipling, R. K, Yussuf, Kipling, Raḍiyārḍa Kiplīṅga, רודיארד קיפלינג, רודירד קיפלינג, Radyārd Kīplīng, Dž. R. Kipling, R K, 吉卜林, Dzh. R. Kipling, Рэдьярд Киплинг, ר קיפלינג, Raḍayārḍa Kipaliṃga, .. Kipling, ר קיפגינג, Редьярд Киплинг, Rudiard Kipling, Raḍayārḍa Kipaliṅga, Jibulin, ר קיפליג, R Kipling, Rudyard Ḳipling, רעדיארד קיפלינג, Dž. Redʹjard Kipling, Redʹi︠a︡rd Kipling, רודיארד קפלינג, Rādyārd Kīblīnġ, R. Kipling, Reduard Kipling, Dzh. Redʹiard Kipling, Рудиард Киплинг, Radiard Kipling
Born:
Dec. 30, 1865
Died:
Jan. 18, 1936

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888). His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands" (1899), and "If—" (1910). 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. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood, but declined both. Following his …

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