R. Kipling
* Father - an artist , a professor at Bobay art school
* In 1871 - sent to England to school
* He and his sister lived with family friends, often beaten
* Found solace in books, literature, poetry
* Suffered from a bad eyesight
* Collection of poems "Schoolboy lyrics", at the age of 16
* 1881- after finishing school returned to India
* 1882- 1889- a journalist in India and the USA
* Collections stories, essays, articles . Department ditties (poetry) ; Barrack room
ballads (poetry); The seven seas , The five nations
* 1892- got married, travelled in America, Canada, Japan
* 1896- came back to England and settled down in Sussex
* 1894 - The Jungle Book
* 1895 - The second jungle book
* 1898 - visited Africa
* Boer war- tried to raise money for the troops
* Saw the miseries of war
* 1901- Kim was published
* 1902- Just so stories
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