Rudyard Kipling

 

 

 

 

Rudyard Kipling, recipient of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Bombay, India. His father, John Lockwood Kipling, was a teacher at the Jeejeebhoy School of Art, and his mother was Alice Macdonald. His parents left him in a foster home when he was six years old where he lived for five years. He was educated at United Services College in North Devon. After returning to India he became a journalist for the CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE. Later he worked as an assistant editor for PIONEER.

 

Kipling's first work, SCHOOLBOY LYRICS, was published when he was 16. He is most famous for his 1894 publication, THE JUNGLE BOOK. His autobiography, SOMETHING OF MYSELF, was published posthumously in 1937.

 

Rudyard Kipling died in London, England in 1936.

 

 

CHRONOLOGY

 

 

1865 He was born in Bombay, India. (December 30)

 

1871 His parents took him to England.

 

1881 SCHOOLBOY LYRICS

 

1882 He returned to India.; He became a journalist for the CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE.

 

1884 ECHOES

 

1885 QUARTETTE

 

1886 DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES

 

1887 He became an assistant editory for PIONEER.

 

1888 PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS; SOLDIERS THREE; IN BLACK AND WHITE; THE STORY OF THE GADSBYS; UNDER THE DEODARS; THE PHANTOM RICKSHAW; WEE WILLIE WINKIE

 

1889 He returned to England.

 

1890 THE LIGHT THAT FAILED; THE COURTING OF DINAH SHADD AND OTHER STOIES; INDIAN TALES; SOLDIER'S THREE

 

1891 MINE OWN PEOPLE; LIFE'S HANDICAP; AMERICAN NOTES; LETTERS OF MARQUE; THE SMITH ADMINISTRATION; THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT AND OTHER PLACES

 

1892 BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS; THE NAULAHKA; He married Caroline Starr Balestier.

 

1893 MANY INVENTIONS

 

1894 THE JUNGLE BOOK

 

1895 THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK; OUT OF INDIA

 

1896 SOLDIER TALES; THE SEVEN SEAS; THE KIPLING BIRTHDAY BOOK; DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES AND OTHER VERSES

 

1897 RECESSIONAL; "CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS": A STORY OF THE GRAND BANKS

 

1898 THE DAY'S WORK; AN ALMANAC OF TWELVE SPORTS; A FLEET IN BEING

 

1899 STALKY AND CO.; FROM THE SEA TO SEA; RECESSIONAL AND OTHER POEMS; THE ABSENT MINDED BEGGAR; He spent several months in South Africa.

 

1900 THE KIPLING READER; WITH NUMBER THREE; OCCASIONAL POEMS; FROM SEA TO SEA

 

1901 KIM

 

1902 JUST SO STORIES; He moved to Sussex.

 

1903 THE FIVE NATIONS

 

1904 TRAFFICS AND DISCOVERIES; THE MUSE AMONG THE MOTORS

 

1906 PUCK OF POOK'S HILL

 

1907 COLLECTED VERSE; He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

 

1908 LETTERS TO THE FAMILY

 

1909 ACTIONS AND REACTIONS; ABAFT THE FUNNEL; KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW

 

1910 REWARDS AND FAIRES

 

1911 A HISTORY OF ENGLAND

 

1912 COLLECTED VERSE; THE KIPLING READER

 

1913 THE HARBOUR WATCH

 

1914 THE NEW ARMY

 

1915 FRANCE AT WAR; THE FRINGES OF THE FLEET

 

1916 TALES OF THE TRADE; SEA WARFARE

 

1917 THE WAR IN THE MOUNTAINS; A DIVERSITY OF CREATURES

 

1918 THE EYES OF ASIA; TO FIGHTING AMERICANS; TWENTY POEMS

 

1919 THE GRAVES OF THE FALLEN; THE YEARS BETWEEN; VERSE: INCLUSIVE EDITION

 

1920 LETTERS OF TRAVEL

 

1921 SELECTED STORIES

 

1922 A KIPLING ANTHOLOGY; He became a rector at the University of St. Andrews.

 

1923 LAND AND SEA TALES; THE IRISH GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR

 

1924 SONGS FOR YOUTH

 

1925 A CHOICE OF SONGS

 

1926 DEBITS AND CREDITS; SEA AND SUSSEX; ST. ANDREWS

 

1927 SONGS OF THE SEA

 

1928 A BOOK OF WORDS; THE ONE VOL. KIPLING

 

1929 SELECTED STORIES; POEMS 1886-1929

 

1930 THY SERVANT A DOG, TOLD BY BOOTS

 

1931 HUMOUROUS TALES; SELECTED POEMS; EAST OF SUEZ

 

1932 ANIMAL STORIES; LIMITS AND RENEWALS

 

1933 ALL THE MOWGLI STORIES; SOUVENIRS OF FRANCE

 

1934 COLLECTED DOG STORIES

 

1935 A KIPLING PAGEANT; HAM AND THE PORCUPINE

 

1936 He died in London, England. (January 18)

 

1937 SOMETHING OF MYSELF

 

1939 SIXTY POEMS

 

1940 MORE SELECTED STORIES; VERSE: DEFINITIVE EDITION; A KIPLING TREASURY

 

1941 SO SHALL YE REAP; COLLECTED WORKS; A CHOICE OF KIPLING VERSE

 

1946 TWENTY-ONE TALES

 

1947 TEN STORIES

 

1952 A CHOICE OF KIPLING'S PROSE

 

1956 KIPLING: A SELECTION OF HIS STORIES AND POEMS

 

1957 SIXTY POEMS; TREASURY OF SHORT STORIES

 

1960 KIPLING STORIES

 

1961 THE BEST SHORT STORIES

 

1962 THE KIPLING SAMPLER; FAMOUS TALES OF INDIA; LETTERS FORM JAPAN

 

1963 PEARLS FROM KPLING

 

1964 A KIPLING ANTHOLOGY

 

1965 PHANTOMS AND FANTASIES; RUDYARD KIPLING TO RIDER HAGARD

 

1968 THE BEST OF KIPLING

 

1970 STORIES AND POEMS

 

1971 SHORT STORIES

 

1972 TWENTY-ONE TALES

 

1973 THE COMPLETE BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS; TALES OF EAST AND WEST

 

1974 KIPLING'S ENGLISH HISTORY: POEMS

 

1977 KIPLING: A SELECTION

 

1978 KIPLING'S HORACE

 

1981 AMERICAN NOTES

 

1982 THE PORTABLE KIPLING

 

1983 O BELOVED KIDS

 

1986 EARLY VERSE BY RUDYARD KIPLING 1879-1889

 

1987 KIPLING'S INDIA; KIPLING'S KINGDOM; THE ILLUSTRATED KIPLING; A CHOICE OF KIPLING

 

1988 KIPLING'S JAPAN

 

1996 THE LETTERS OF RUDYARD KIPLING: 1900-10

 

1999 THE LETTERS OF RUDYARD KIPLING: 1911-1919

 

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