Rudyard Kipling is a poet, writer, journalist, and author rolled into one. After settling in Brattleboro, Vermont, he successfully finished one of his popular books - The Jungle Book.
Author Profile
Full Name: Joseph Rudyard Kipling Birth Date: December 30, 1865 Birthplace: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India Occupation: Short-story writer, novelist, poet, journalist Notable Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature
1907 Genre: Short story, novel, children’s literature, poetry, travel literature, science fiction Spouse: Caroline Starr Balestier
Interesting Facts
In 1888 Rudyard released 6 short novel collections including The Phantom Rickshaw, Soldiers Three, Wee Willie Winkie, The Story of the Gadsbys, Under the Deodards and In Black and White.
Kipling was the youngest laureate for the Nobel prize in literature. It was awarded to him in 1907 when he was at the age of 42, and It made him the 1st author to be awarded the prize and the youngest recipient up until now.
His first encounter with Mark Tawn was on his journey to London; then he traveled North America.
He sailed for England after taking his six-months salary when he got fired in his work due to an argument in a newspaper company which was in 1889.
Featured Books
Notable Characters Created
+ Mowgli
Species: Human Place of Origin: Unknown Gender: Male Alias: Man Cub Weapon: Knife, Fire Death: Unknown Friends: Baloo the Bear, Bagheera the Black panther, Akela the Wolf
Mowgli was lost by his parents in the Indian jungle and Bagheera (the black panther) befriended him, partly because Mowgli, being a human, had the power of dominion over beasts: Bagheera could not withstand Mowgli’s gaze. Also, as Bagheera often mentioned, he was “raised in the King’s cages at Oodeypore from a cub, and thus knew the ways of man. Baloo the bear, teacher of wolves, had the thankless task of educating Mowgli in The Law of the Jungle. Shere Khan continued to regard Mowgli as fair game, but eventually, Mowgli found a weapon he could use against the tiger — fire.
Originally born in captivity in the menagerie of the Rajah of Oodeypore, India, Bagheera began to pine for his freedom after he ran away with his friends. Once he was mature and strong enough he broke the lock on his cage and escaped into the jungle, where his ferocity and cunning won him the respect of all its other inhabitants, except Shere Khan the tiger (likely out of his arrogance). Bagheera revealed all this to Mowgli later. None but Mowgli ever learned that Bagheera once wore a collar and chain, explaining the cat’s special insight concerning Men.
+ Shere Khan
Species: Bengal tiger Place of Origin: Unknown Gender: Male Other Names: Khan, Old Stripes, Lord of the Jungle, Khanny, Stripes, Your Highness Weapons: Teeth and Claws Personalities: Prideful, suave, confident, cruel, manipulative, ruthless, devious, mysterious, testy, aggressive, powerful, deadly, murderous, obstinate, polite Death: Trampled by buffaloes
Shere Khan was a tiger of the Indian jungle and the main antagonist of The Jungle Book. Shere Khan was Mowgli’s archenemy.
After accidentally stepping into a bear trap , and derisively nicknamed Lungri (The Lame One) by his own mother, Shere Khan was arrogant and regarded himself as the rightful lord of the jungle. It seemed, however, that the only creature who looked up to him was Tabaqui, the cowardly, despised jackal.
