Rudyard Kipling

BIOGRAPHY

RUDYARD  KIPLING

He was an  ________ short-story writer, poet and novelist. He is chiefly

remember for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his  tales

for ________ . He ______   ______ in Bombay, on the 30^th of December 1865

He was taken by his family to England when he was _______ years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including “____ ________ _________”,“ ______ ___ _______”, “_______” , many short stories, including “_______ _______ _______ _______ ______ _______” and his poems including “Mandalay”, “Gunga Din” and “_____”. He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story, his children´s books are enduring classics of children´s literature.

Kipling was one of the most popular _______ in England, in both prose and verse in the late 19^th and early 20^th  centuries. In 1907, he was awarded ____  ______  ____   in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize. Among other honours, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood all of which he declined.

On January 1892, Carrie Balestier and Rudyard Kipling ______   _______ in London. They had two daughters.

On 18^th of January 1936, Kipling died at the age of 70.