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Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936

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Rudyard Kipling1865-1936

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Born in Mumbai, IndiaDecember 30, 1865

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Kipling’s Youth- influenced writings

Kipling had a love for Indian language, country, and culture

Explored the market placesSent to England at 6 yrs oldLived with Foster Family until 11 yrs oldHis escape was reading booksAt 17 yrs old, Kipling returned to India

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Between 1878 and 1882 he attended the United Services College at Westward Ho in north Devon. The College was a new and very rough boarding school where, nearsighted and physically frail, he was once again teased and bullied, but where, nevertheless, he developed fierce loyalties and a love of literature.

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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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Sources:http://www.biography.com/people/rudyard-

kipling-9365581http://www.kipling.org.uk/kip_fra.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Rudyard_Kiplinghttp://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/

literature/laureates/1907/

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“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”

“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.”

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In 1881 Kipling traveled back to Lahore, India and spent the next seven years working as a journalist and editor traveling to various parts of India and the United States. He wrote dozens of essays, reviews and short stories like:

“The Man Who Would Be King” (1888) and “Gunga Din” (1890) Plain Tales From the Hills (1888, short stories), Wee Willie Winkie (1888, short stories), American Notes (1891, non-fiction), and his first major

success Barrack-Room Ballads (1892, poetry).