Facts about Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

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Concise Biography, History & Facts About Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Nationality - English 
Lifespan - 1865 - 1936
Father - John Lockwood Kipling, principal of the School of Art in Lahore
Education - United Services College, England
Career - Poet , novelist
Famous books by Rudyard Kipling: The Jungle Book, Kim

Famous Poems by Rudyard Kipling
'Gunga Din' a poem
'If' a poem 
'Sestina Of The Tramp' a Royal poem

Here are the famous last lines from 'If' - most people are aware of them but fail to attribute them to Kipling:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! 

Famous Quote by Rudyard Kipling
"He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors."

Additional Biography details about Rudyard Kipling
Movie Directors were inspired to produce movies based on the characters and events detailed in his famous books The Jungle Book and Kim. Who can forget the magical story of Jungle Book which was Immortalised by the Walt Disney cartoon movie.

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