British poet and
author (1865-1936). His best known
books included "
The Jungle Book" and "
Kim" (and both were written in
Vermont, where he lived for a few years after spending most of his life in India and England). Most of his best-known stories were set in
India.
Kipling spent much of his early life working as a
journalist in India, which gave him an
appreciation for how the
common man saw life. He was considered a
reactionary by some of his
peers because he was a
solid supporter of
British imperialism. He displayed
tolerance of many different
religions, including
Christianity,
Islam, and
Hinduism, but he was not himself a particularly
religious man. He received the
Nobel Prize for
literature in 1907, but refused the
Order of Merit. His only son enlisted underage and was killed in
World War I--Kipling was thus bitterly opposed to the
Kaiser.
For more on the works of Kipling (
"Do you like Kipling?" "I don't know--I've never Kipled." Ho Ho, me so funny), check out some of these nodes:
How the Leopard Got His Spots
Rudyard Kipling: Verses 1889-1896
A Song of Kabir
Research from GURPS Who's Who, compiled by Phil Masters, "Rudyard Kipling" by William H. Stoddard, pp. 112-113.