Rudyard Kipling Quick Facts

December 4, 2017

Rudyard Kipling Quick Facts

Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, novelist and story writer of the late Victorian period.

Profile

Birth Name: Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Date of Birth: December 30, 1865
Place of Birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Death: January 18, 1936
Place of Death: Middlesex Hospital, London, England
Cause of Death: Duodenal ulcer
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: British
Place of Burial: Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, London
Gravestone Inscription:

“ KIPLING. BORN 30th DEC. 1865

DIED 18th JAN. 1936.”

Father: John Lockwood Kipling
Mother: Alice Kipling (née MacDonald)
Siblings:

Sister-Alice Kipling (1868–1948)
Brother-John Kipling (1870–1870)

Sexual Orientation: Straight
Spouse: Caroline Starr Balestier (m. 1892) (1862–1939)
Children:

Daughter-Elsie Kipling (1896–1976)
Daughter-Josephine Kipling (1892–1899)
Son-John Kipling (1897–1915)

Alma Mater: United Services College
Known for: his brilliant storytelling capability, reflected especially in his tale of children
Rudyard Kipling was criticized for: his celebration of British imperialism
Rudyard Kipling was influenced by: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 –1894), H. Rider Haggard (1856 –1925), Joel Chandler Harris (1848 –1908), and Ibn Tufail (c. 1105 – 1185).
Kipling’s Works Inspired: NA

Notable Awards

Nobel Prize in literature (1907)
Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Literature (1926)

Quotes

“I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.”
Rudyard Kipling, Under The Deodars

Did You Know?

Rudyard Kipling was the eldest child to John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Kipling.
His father was an art teacher, illustrator and museum curator.
Kipling was the first to use Cockney dialect in serious poetry.
Kipling was named after the Rudyard Lake in Rudyard, Staffordshire, England.
Rudyard Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907.
Kipling was the first English to receive the prestigious Nobel Prize.
Kipling is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature to date.
His Nobel Prize citation reads: “in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author”.
Kipling’s first collection of poetry Departmental Ditties was published in 1886.
His first collection of prose Plain Tales from the Hills was published in 1888 in Calcutta.
The ashes of Kipling were buried in Poets' Corner next to the graves of Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy.
In 1892, Rudyard Kipling married Caroline Starr Balestier.
Kipling's daughter Josephine died from influenza at the age of six.
His son, John was killed at the Battle of Loos while serving with the British Army during the First World War.

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