Soldiers Three - Kipling, Rudyard

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Résumé :
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his children's books, including The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), Just So Stories (1902), and Puck of Pook's Hill (1906); his novel, Kim (1901); his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and If- (1910); and his many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888) and the collections Life's Handicap (1891), The Day's Work (1898), and Plain Tales from the Hills (1888). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best work speaks to a versatile and luminous narrative gift

Biographie:
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English novelist, short story author, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which influenced much of his work. Kipling's writing includes the Jungle Book duology (The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895), Kim (1901), the Just So Stories (1902), and other short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). His poetry includes Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The Gods of Copybook Headings (1919), and The White Man's Burden (1899). He is regarded as a pioneer in the art of the short tale. His children's books are classics; one writer praised him for having a versatile and luminous narrative gift. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom. A quote from Henry James: Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known.In 1907, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature as the first English-language writer and, at 41, the youngest recipient to date. He was also considered for the position of British Poet Laureate and many knighthoods, but declined both. After his death in 1936, his ashes were deposited in Poets' Corner, which is part of Westminster Abbey's South Transept.