Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, on December 30, 1865.
* He was the son of John Lockwood Kipling, a sculptor and artist, and Alice Kipling, a writer.
* Kipling was educated in England and then returned to India to work as a journalist.
* He published his first book of poems in 1886.
* Kipling's most famous works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and Just So Stories (1902).
* He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907.
* Kipling died in London on January 18, 1936.
* He is considered one of the most important writers of the 20th century.