Famous British Writers by 1st Bach Bil. students

1. Joseph Rudyard
Kipling
By Álvaro

2. Introduction
 Born: 30 December 1865. Bombay, British India.
 Died: 18 January 1936. (aged 70) London, England.
 Resting place: Poets’ Corner, Wetminster Abbey,
London.
 English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
 Nationality: British.
 Genre: Short story, novel, children's literature, poetry,
travel literature, science fiction.
 Notable awards: Nobel Prize in Literature 1907.

3. Biography (1865-1936)
 His father was an artist and teacher.
 In 1870, Kipling was taken back to England to stay with a foster
family in Southsea and then to go to boarding school in Devon.
 In 1882, he returned to India and worked as a journalist, writing
poetry and fiction in his spare time.
 In 1889 Kipling went to live in London.
 In 1892, Kipling married Caroline Balestier and the couple moved to
Vermont in the United States. Their two daughters were born there.
 In 1896, a fight with his wife's family incited Kipling to move back to
England and he ended with his own family in Sussex. His son John
was born in 1897.

4. Biography (1865-1936)
 His daughter Josephine died of pneumonia when she was six.
 In 1907, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first English
author to be so honoured.
 In 1902, Kipling bought a 17th century house called Bateman's in
East Sussex where he lived for the rest of his life. He also travelled
a lot.
 In 1915, his son, John, died in action while serving with the Irish
Guards in the Battle of Loos during World War One. Kipling had
great difficulty to accept his son's death. He also joined the
Imperial War Graves Commission and selected the biblical phrase
inscribed on many British war memorials: 'Their Name Liveth For
Evermore'.

5. Notable works
 The Jungle Book
 Just So Stories
 Kim
 Captains Courageous
 "If—”
 "Gunga Din”
 "The White Man's Burden"
The Jungle Book
(Children’s book, 1894)
Just So Stories
(Children’s book,1902)

6. Notable works
Kim (novel, 1901) Captains Courageous
(novel, 1897)
"If—” (poem, 1895)
"The White Man's
Burden” (poem, 1899)
"Gunga Din” (poem, 1892)