Kipling

American

[kip-ling] / ˈkɪp lɪŋ /

noun

(Joseph) Rudyard 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.

Kipling British

/ ˈkɪplɪŋ /

noun

( Joseph ) Rudyard (ˈrʌdjəd). 1865–1936, English poet, short-story writer, and novelist, born in India. His works include Barrack-Room Ballads (1892), the two Jungle Books (1894, 1895), Stalky and Co (1899), Kim (1901), and the Just So Stories (1902): Nobel prize for literature 1907

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Mr. McDougall justifies his lucid and expansive method by quoting Rudyard Kipling: “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

As the most lavish hotel East of Suez, it hosted literary heroes like Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Kipling and his wife, Alison Sowden, were out of town Jan. 8 when they heard about the Eaton fire and texted their neighbor that morning.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

So Kipling, 80, is left with a strange combination of gratitude and grief.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

“What’s your poison?” the civilian with a penchant for Kipling asked Queenie genially.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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