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Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard

(1865-1936) British writer. Rudyard Kipling wrote novels, poems and short stories--mostly set in India and Burma (now known as Myanmar). He was the 1907 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author."
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The Explanation
The Explanation is a poem by Rudyard Kipling. Here's the full text for the poem.

Kipling Society
This organization, which is devoted to the works of Kipling, provides information about the organization, membership details, and a biography of Kipling.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
English short-story writer, novelist and poet, remembered for his celebration of British imperialism and heroism in India and Burma. Kipling was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature (1907).

TATA Institute of Fundamental Research
This site features a biography, links to poems, novels and indexes and a list of movies based on the work of Kipling.

Rudyard Kipling
Read what Robert Huntington Fletcher has to say about the life and works of Rudyard Kipling.

'The White Man's Burden' Poem
The White Man's Burden is a poem about imperialism, by Rudyard Kipling.

'If' Poem
If was part of Rewards and Fairies (1910), by Rudyard Kipling.

Rudyard Kipling - Biographical Sketch
Here's a biographical sketch of Rudyard Kipling, by Charles Eliot Norton.

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