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Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterĪnd treat those two impostors just the same: If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim, If you can dream-and not make dreams your master

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Īnd yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,īut make allowance for their doubting too: If you can keep your head when all about you He died on January 18, 1936, and resides in Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey. When Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature, he was the first and youngest English-language writer to do so (to date). Traffics and Discoveries (1904) is a hybrid work that includes short stories and poems. Kipling’s other notable works include Captains Courageous (1897) and Just So Stories (1902), as well as The Second Jungle Book (1895), The Seven Seas (1896), The Day’s Work (1898), Stalky and Co. (1899), Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906), Actions and Reactions (1909), Debits and Credits (1926), Thy Servant a Dog (1930), and Limits and Renewals (1932). Kim (1901), Kipling’s most critically acclaimed work, is ranked in the top 100 on the Modern Library’s “100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.” In 1894, Kipling published The Jungle Book, a collection of stories that became a children’s classic around the world and remains popular to this day, including through its many adaptations such as Disney’s 1967 animated film and its subsequent live-action remakes. Some of his work, for instance, such as Plain Tales from the Hills (1888), Soldiers Three (1888), and Barrack Room Ballads (1892) celebrated the common man, specifically soldiering. Though he refused these major public awards, the public still considered him the British Empire’s unofficial poet. The popularity of his work did lead to various awards, yet Kipling declined both the British Poet Laureateship and knighthood.

Despite the poetry collection’s success, however, Kipling was mostly known as a short story writer. In 1882, he returned to India to work as a reporter.ĭepartmental Ditties (1886) launched Kipling’s literary career. His language fluency is evident in his body of work, which deals with issues of language and identity. As a child, Kipling spoke English, Hindi, and Portuguese. He later received his education in England. Rudyard Kipling was born in 1865 in Bombay (now Mumbai), on India’s west coast.