Rudyard Kipling

English writer and poet (1865–1936)

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Lived 1865–1936, aged 71United Kingdom

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Rank in United Kingdom
#152
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Era
1865–1936
Aged 71

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Updated 2026-05-29

Rudyard Kipling turned tales of British India into global literary currency through novels, poems, and short stories that shaped colonial-era storytelling. The journalist-turned-writer became a household name in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.

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