The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English writer, poet and novelist, born in India. He was taken to England by his parents at the age of six, where he stayed at a foster house for five years. According to his stories, his childhood was an unhappy one. Kipling returned to India and worked as a journalist for several years. Living in a privileged Anglo-Indian society, Kipling had opportunities to write, experience and indulge in experiences of native India. He published several short stories inspired by these experiences. When Kipling returned to England in 1889, he was applauded as a reputed prose writer of his time. He was the first Englishman to receive a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.