[ noun ] English author of novels and poetry who was born in India (1865-1936) <noun.person>
Kipling \Kipling\ prop. n. Rudyard Kipling, English author (1865-1936). He was born at Bombay, India in 1865, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, who was formerly head of the Lahore School of Industrial Art. He was educated in England and returned to India in 1880 as editor of the ``Lahore Civil and Military Gazette.'' He returned to England about 1889, and lived several years in the United States. While in India he published stories, sketches, and poems descriptive of India and Anglo-Indian military and civil life: `` Departmental Ditties, etc.'', ``Plain Tales from the Hills'', ``Mine Own People'', ``Soldiers Three'', ``Barrack-room Ballads, etc.'', and others. After leaving India he published ``The Light That Failed,'' ``Naulahka'' (with Balestier), ``Many Inventions,'' ``The Jungle Book,'' ``The Second Jungle Book,'' ``The Seven Seas,'' ``Captains Courageous,'' ``The White Man's Burden,'' ``Kim,'' ``The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories,'' and others.
Syn: Rudyard Kipling. [WordNet 1.5 + Century Dict. 1906]
He was a friend - until the Irish Treaty - of Rudyard Kipling, who admired Canada but disliked the United States.
It is worth stopping off at Kim's Gun, a 17th century cannon mentioned by Kipling, whose father was curator of the museum for 18 years.
In A Crazy Mixed-Up World, Mongolia Is Becoming A Melting Pot ULAN BATOR, Mongolia _ Kipling said they would never meet, but in Mongolia east and west swirl together and mix and form a most exotic brew.
Rudyard Kipling meant the world and not Congress when he wrote that "East is East and West is West," but debate last week on Capitol Hill showed that the twain have a hard time meeting here.
He quoted a phrase from author Rudyard Kipling _ "Oh, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet" _ and said: "Kipling probably made a mistake.
He quoted a phrase from author Rudyard Kipling _ "Oh, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet" _ and said: "Kipling probably made a mistake.
If anything, his writings reveal him to have been a robust patriot, whether he was celebrating England in "The Lion and the Unicorn" or explaining, in a 1942 essay, the continuing wide appeal of Rudyard Kipling.
But those whose curiosity overcomes their scruples are likely to be enthralled by a country which, as Kipling said, is 'quite unlike any land you know about'.
On this date: In 1865, author Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India.
Rudyard Kipling advised: "Feed at Raffles when visiting Singapore" but sleep elsewhere because the beds were uncomfortable.
Both confirmed Kiplingites and those taking Kipling up for one more try are likely to benefit from Keating's work.
But Dirksen was a distinguished political figure, Kipling won the Nobel Prize and Richard Strauss was a halfway-decent composer.