Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( RUD-yArd) 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, 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”, 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. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Literature, as the first English-language writer to receive the prize. He was also sounded for the British Poet
Laureateship and several times for a knighthood, but declined both. Following
his death in 1936, his ashes were interred at Poets' Corner, part of the South
Transept of Westminster Abbey.
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling
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