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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ ˈ r ʌ d j ər d / RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) [1] was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British India , which inspired much of his work.
Rudyard Kipling, writer, and poet; declined knighthood in 1899 and again in 1903; his wife stated that Kipling felt he could "do his work better without it". [96] Kipling also declined the Order of Merit in 1921 and again in 1924. [97] Kipling expressed his own view on the importance of titles and poetry in his poem "The Last Rhyme of True Thomas".
Something of Myself: for my friends known and unknown is the autobiography of Rudyard Kipling. Kipling wrote it in the last year of his life; the unfinished text was prepared for publication by his wife. It has remained in print since its first publication in 1937.
North End House, Rottingdean, John Kipling's birthplace John Kipling's grave. John Kipling (17 August 1897 – 27 September 1915) was the only son of British author Rudyard Kipling. In the First World War, his father used his influence to get him a commission in the British Army despite being decisively rejected for poor eyesight.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 Ð 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. ... "And I’d say people got maybe 10% or 11% if you did that very ...
Rudyard Kipling praised the British colonial empire in his works as a poet, short story author, journalist, and novelist, which made his poetry well-liked in the British Army. Children all across the globe have grown to know and love him as a result of The Jungle Book (1894), especially because of Disney's 1967 motion picture adaptation.
Most painful of all was the loss of her family photos, including those of her late son, Tommy, who died at 12 years old. The precious photographs of him had been a cherished memory.
The ragtag members of the Kennedy clan turned out Monday for the funeral of Ethel Kennedy — the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, and the last link to the family's days of "Camelot" in the White House.