Kip‧ling, Rud‧yard /ˈkɪplɪŋ, ˈrʌdjəd $ -jərd/
(1865–1936) a British writer born in India. He is known for his novels, poems, and short stories set in that country, especially his popular children's story
The Jungle Book, and for poems such as
Gunga Din and
If. He won the Nobel prize for literature in 1907. He is sometimes criticized now as being a strong supporter of the British Empire and British
imperialism.
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