Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Born Joseph Rudyard Kipling 30 December 1865 Bombay, India Died 18 January 1936 (aged 70) Middlesex Hospital, London, England Occupation Short story writer, novelist, poet, journalist Nationality British Genres Short story, novel, children's literature, poetry, travel literature, science fiction Notable work(s) The Jungle Book, Just So Stories , Kim, If—, Gunga Din Notable award(s) Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 Kipling's Childhood Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a famous British author and poet. Kipling was born in Bombay, India. His father was John Lockwood Kipling, a teacher at the local Jeejeebhoy School of Art, and his mother was Alice Macdonald. They are said to have met at Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire, England, hence Kipling's name. From the ages of six to twelve young Kipling and his sister spent much time in England with their aunt and uncle , while his parents remained in India. At the age of 6 he went to boarding school, but Kipling was very unhappy there . He became ill and his mother took him to United Services College at Westward Ho, North Devon. By 1880, he returned to Lahore, (in modern-day Pakistan) India where he began writing as a sub-editor for "The Civil and Military Gazette". He was just seventeen and he began tentative steps into the world of poetry. 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936
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