3. Kipling’s Youth- influenced
writings
Kipling had a love for Indian language,
country, and culture
Explored the market places
Sent to England at 6 yrs old
Lived with Foster Family until 11 yrs old
His escape was reading books
At 17 yrs old, Kipling returned to India
4. 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.
5. 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".
7. “If history were taught in the
form of stories, it would never be
forgotten.”
“God could not be everywhere,
and therefore he made mothers.”
8.
9. 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).
