Joseph Rudyard Kipling Jesus Zazueta

Born on December 30, 1865 Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India. Parents were, John Lockwood Kipling, and Alice Macdonald

Mother & Father Mother, Alice, and his Father, John, met at Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire, England. Rudyard and is sisters spent most of their childhood in England with Edward Burne-Jones, Kipling's Uncle on his mothers side of the family.

Literature Works Kipling wrote poems and short stories. He is best known for his story, The Jungle Book (1894). In most of his early works he focused on the British Empire and its Soldiers. Rudyard's first stories and poems were written in India. He turned down many honors, but in 1907 he got the Nobel Prize for Literature. Other well known works that Kipling wrote were, Kim (1901), & Just So Stories (1902).

IF- by: Rudyard Kipling Kipling's most famous poem, composed in Great Britain in 1909. The poem was first published with Kipling's collection of children stories, Rewards and Fairies. IF- quickly became popular in Great Britain and was adopted as a popular anthem. IF points out traits of a good leader, their like instructions Kipling gives that make a good man.

1878-1882 Kipling went to college at Westward Ho in North Devon. As when he was little, he was teased and bullied. While attending Westward, Rudyard developed fierce loyalties and a love of literature. In 1882, Kipling once again returned to India and was there for seven years working as a journalist and editor. In 1891 he planned to go on a round-the-world voyage, but he ended up only traveling to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and India. Kipling married in 1892, with Caroline Balestier, she was an American. They went on a honeymoon that went as far as Japan, they returned to live in Vermont at his wife’s house.

1899 Kipling returned to England, alone. Stalky & Co. was published, it reflected his experiences at the United States College. Made his last visit to the U.S., deeply affected by the death of his eldest child, Josephine. Kipling died in London on January 18, 1936, just after he had turned 70, and he was buried beside T.S. Eliot in Westminster Abbey.