Rudyard Kipling

United Kingdom (born in Bombay) · 1865 – 1936

Nobel Prize in Literature, 1907Europe

Awarded for

His power of observation, imagination and remarkable talent for storytelling

The story behind the prize

Kipling wrote poems, short stories and novels, many set in British India, such as The Jungle Book (with Mowgli) and Kim. He was praised as a master storyteller, though his work is also criticized for supporting British imperialism ('The White Man's Burden').

About

English writer born in Bombay who worked as a journalist at the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore; his father was curator of the Lahore Museum.

Exam facts

First English-language writer to win the Literature prize
Youngest Literature laureate (41)
His novel Kim opens at the Zamzama gun in front of the Lahore Museum
Famous works: The Jungle Book, Kim, the poem 'If—'