Human Accomplishment: Rudyard Kipling

an English journalist and writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, as the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and at 41, its youngest recipient to date

The Nobel Prize in literature (1907)

"in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author"

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Born

Joseph Rudyard Kipling 30 December 1865 Malabar Hill, Bombay Presidency, British India

Died

18 January 1936 (aged 70) Fitzrovia, London, England

Nationality

British

Occupation

Short-story writer, novelist, poet, journalist

adultbasic

Britain

Children

Josephine Elsie John

era

1800+

Genre

Short story, novel, children's literature, poetry, travel literature, science fiction

Notable awards

Nobel Prize in Literature 1907

Notable works

The Jungle Book Just So Stories Kim Captains Courageous " If— " " Gunga Din " " The White Man's Burden "

Resting place

Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey

Spouse

Caroline Starr Balestier ( m. 1892 )

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