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Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in India on 30 December 1865. He was sent back to England when he was seven years old but returned to India in 1882 to work as the assistant editor of the Civil & Military Gazette in Lahore. He published poetry and stories in newspapers but it was the publication of Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888 that brought him his first major success. His most famous works are Barrack-room Ballads (1892), The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and Just So Stories (1902). The Just So Stories were written for his children and are addressed to his six-year-old daughter Josephine, his 'best beloved', who died of pneumonia in 1899. Rudyard Kipling died on 18 January 1936.
Kipling is a writer for our times, and for all time -- Roger Moore * The Times * The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling have always held a fascination for me, and doubtless sparked off my love of India -- H.M The Prince of Wales Kipling was one of the greatest wordsmiths of the English language and these fables are told in a simple and irresistible manner. They're timeless -- Martin Bell * Daily Express * Weird and wonderful * Daily Telegraph * Today's children would do well to abandon their computers and iPods for an hour or two and read him -- Griff Rhys Jones * Daily Mail *
