Famous People of the XIX-XX Centuries

His books are known all over the world

He was born in India in 1865

Rudyard
Kipling
with his father

At the age of 6 he was sent to England

Rudyard came back to India
when he was 17 years old

He traveled a lot
and lived in America for some years

His fairy-tales are known to everyone

RIKKI - TIKKI - TAVI

The Elephant’s Child
HOW THE ELEPHANT GOT HIS NOSE

The White Seal

The Cat that Walked by Himself

He loved to draw pictures for his fairy tales by himself

Six
Serving-men
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Why ?
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Who ?

In 1907 Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize
on literature

Alfred Nobel
the man who gave the world
the Nobel Prize

Rudyard Kipling has written
13 books of stories
4 novels
3 books of fairy-tales for children
a lot of articles and essays
hundreds of poems

In the school library you can find
some books written by Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling
(1865 – 1936)