![Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30 1865 - January 18, 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30 1865 - January 18, 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G15JEP/joseph-rudyard-kipling-december-30-1865-january-18-1936-was-an-english-G15JEP.jpg)
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30 1865 - January 18, 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children.
![Joseph Rudyard Kipling, 1865 – 1936. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900 Stock Photo - Alamy Joseph Rudyard Kipling, 1865 – 1936. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/M8HB5C/joseph-rudyard-kipling-1865-1936-english-journalist-short-story-writer-M8HB5C.jpg)
Joseph Rudyard Kipling, 1865 – 1936. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900 Stock Photo - Alamy
![Joseph Rudyard Kipling, 1865 – 1936. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. From These Tremendous Years, published 1938 Stock Photo - Alamy Joseph Rudyard Kipling, 1865 – 1936. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. From These Tremendous Years, published 1938 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PGRN79/joseph-rudyard-kipling-1865-1936-english-journalist-short-story-writer-poet-and-novelist-from-these-tremendous-years-published-1938-PGRN79.jpg)