Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was a British writer (1865–1936) known for *The Jungle Book*, *Kim*, and poems like "If—" and "Gunga Din." Born in India, he wrote extensively about British colonialism and empire, work that earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 but draws criticism today for its imperial attitudes.
His children's stories remain widely read; his political views remain contested.
Brief personal moniker
- MandalayMyanmar's second-largest city
- Rikki-Tikki-TaviBrave mongoose story protagonist
- Captains CourageousSea coming-of-age tale
- TommyBritish private, historically
Gunga Din · Mowgli · Fuzzy-Wuzzy · Shere Khan · Bagheera · Baloo · Akela
Imperial rule over India
- IndiaSouth Asian republic
- empireDomain under unified control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- Anglo-IndianBritish-South Asian mix
Bombay · colonialism · Victorian · Edwardian · East India Company · pith helmet · hill station · cantonment
Metered poetic passage
- proseUnversified language
- short storiesBrief prose narratives
- balladNarrative poem or song
- narrativeAccount of events
storytelling · dialect · vernacular · rhyme · meter · stanza · fiction · allegory
Historic English coastal county
- VermontNortheastern state, small population
- Nobel laureateDistinguished achievement award recipient
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- FreemasonFraternal lodge member
Celebrated achievement recipient
- 1907Date, twentieth century's start
- prizeReward for winning
- StockholmSweden's seat of government
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
medal · distinction · recognition · literary merit · achievement · honored · celebrated
Kim
Brief personal moniker
- MandalayMyanmar's second-largest city
- Rikki-Tikki-TaviBrave mongoose story protagonist
- Captains CourageousSea coming-of-age tale
Gunga Din · Mowgli · Tommy · Fuzzy-Wuzzy · Shere Khan · Bagheera · Baloo · Akela
British Raj
Imperial rule over India
- IndiaSouth Asian republic
- empireDomain under unified control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
Anglo-Indian · Bombay · colonialism · Victorian · Edwardian · East India Company · pith helmet · hill station · cantonment · memsahib
verse
Metered poetic passage
- proseUnversified language
- short storiesBrief prose narratives
- balladNarrative poem or song
narrative · storytelling · dialect · vernacular · rhyme · meter · stanza · fiction · allegory · fable
Sussex
Historic English coastal county
- VermontNortheastern state, small population
- Nobel laureateDistinguished achievement award recipient
- journalistNews profession practitioner
laureate
Celebrated achievement recipient
ceremony · medal · distinction · recognition · literary merit · achievement · honored · celebrated
- Authors KStephen King, Dean Koontz, Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Franz Kafka
- British AuthorsCharles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl
- Colonial LiteratureHeart of Darkness, Kim, The Jungle Book, King Solomon's Mines, Robinson Crusoe
- EdwardiansKing Edward VII, George V, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad
- Raj LiteratureAnglo-Indian, Kim, E.M. Forster, Forster, The Jungle Book
- VictoriansCharles Dickens, Queen Victoria, Charles Darwin, George Eliot, Alfred Tennyson
Rudyard KiplingChinua Achebe
Joseph Conrad · George Orwell · Jean-Paul Sartre · Mark Twain · E.M. Forster
Rudyard KiplingVirginia Woolf
James Joyce · Marcel Proust · Franz Kafka · Samuel Beckett · Gertrude Stein
Rudyard KiplingChinua Achebe