Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865- 1936) is an English novelist and poet. He was born in Mumbai, a big city in India. His father was a sculpture professor at the British Art School in Mumbai, and later served as the principal and museum director of Lahore Art School. Many of his relatives are painters, and his family environment has played an important role in cultivating his painting hobby and artistic accomplishment. Kipling was sent to England at the age of six and lived in a foster home for five years. Later, he wrote the terrible scene there as Black Sheep Bae (1888). 1877, Kipling entered the "Joint Service College", a school that trained overseas military talents for Britain. The conditions were difficult, and the situation there was later written into the company (1899). In addition to learning military knowledge here, he also likes to read poems by Tennyson and Swinmin and start writing poems. 188 1 year, without his knowledge, his parents published his works of this period, entitled Lyrics for Students. 1882 17 years old returned to India after graduating from high school. His father found him a job in Lahore, and served as the deputy editor of the Military and Political Daily in Lahore. He keenly observed Indian customs, and wrote essays and poems about what he saw and heard, which were published in the newspaper where he worked. 1In September, 884, Kipling published his first short story, The Door of Sorrow, and since then he has published poems and short stories. From 65438 to 0888, he published seven compelling collections of short stories, including Ordinary Stories in the Mountains, Three Soldiers and The Story of the Gadsby Family. The works with a strong romantic color were fresh and natural, which once made the British readers feel refreshed at that time.
1907, with his "observation, novelty of imagination, boldness of thinking and outstanding narrative ability", he finally won the Nobel Prize in Literature of that year. Kipling went to Stockholm to receive the prize, but unfortunately, this year's usual grand ceremony was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere. The ceremony was extremely simple, only a few people attended, and there was no applause and applause during the whole award process. The reason is that a few days before the award, King Oscar II of Sweden died. Kipling went into the palace to meet the new king. King Gustaf V looked tired and depressed, and only greeted him once or twice. There was a dead silence inside and outside the palace. Later, Kipling called this ceremony a suffocating "celebration" in his autobiography "Talking about myself".
Kipling wrote 8 poems, 4 novels, 2 1 a collection of short stories and historical stories, and a large number of essays, essays and travel notes. His works are concise and exotic, especially short stories. Mark Twain once warmly praised Kipling's works and said, "I know Kipling's books ... they never turn white to me, they keep colorful colors;" They are always fresh. " Because Kipling "has strong observation ability, novel imagination, bold thinking and outstanding narrative ability", his other works include poetry collections: organ doggerel, barrack ballad and Seven Seas; Collection of short stories: The Story of the Mountain, Three Soldiers, Life's Resistance, The Jungle Book; Novels: Lost Light, Gold, etc.