Rudyard Kipling - Nobel Prize in Literature — 1907
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Rudyard Kipling

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1907
in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom United Kingdom
Languages
English
date of birth
12/30/1865
place of birth
Mumbai
date of death
1/18/1936
place of death
London
Lived
70 years
position held
  • Rector of the University of St Andrews
    • start time: 1922
    • end time: 1925
notable work
  • Gunga Din
  • The Jungle Book
  • Kim
  • The Second Jungle Book
  • Just So Stories
  • If—
field of work
  • poetry
  • children's and young adult literature
  • journalism
  • literature
  • creative and professional writing
  • travel literature
educated at
  • United Services College
member of
  • Royal Society of Literature
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • freemasonry
occupation
  • war correspondent
  • journalist
  • children's writer
  • novelist
  • autobiographer
  • science fiction writer
  • writer
  • poet
  • screenwriter
  • librettist
  • traveler
  • prose writer
employer
  • University of St Andrews
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