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R. Kipling was born on December 30, 1865, in Bombay, India.
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At the age of 6, Kipling was sent to England where he attended school.
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By the age of 12 his mother placed him in a new school in Devon.
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In 1882 Kipling with his father's help, found a job with a local newspaper.
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The first collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling called Plain Tales from the Hills was published in 1888
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In 1892 Kipling married Caroline Balestier
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In 1892-1895 he wrote books: The Jungle Book, A Story of the West and East and The Second Jungle Book
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His daughter Josephine was born in 29 December 1893
The second daughter Elsie was born in 1896.
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Kipling was recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907
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He died in 1936 and was buried in Westminster Abbey in Poets' Corner next to the graves of Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens.
