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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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