With The Jungle Books Rudyard Kipling drew on ancient beast fables, Buddhist philosophy and memories of his Anglo-Indian childhood to create a rich, symbolic portrait of man and nature, and an eternal classic of childhood.
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865 and started work as a
journalist in India in 1882. His most famous works include The
Jungle Books (1894), Kim (1901) and the Just So Stories (1902). He
died in 1936, having become he first English writer to be awarded
the Nobel Prize, in 1907.
Jan Montefiore is Professor of 20th Century English Literature at
the University of Kent. Her most recent book is Rudyard Kipling
(2007).
Kaori Nagai is a Research Associate at the University of Kent and
author of Empire of Analogies (2006).
By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
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