Rudyard Kipling and the Empire

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Rudyard Kipling was born in India in 1865 and lived in India, the UK and the USA. His poems and novels reflected the idea that the British Empire was a force for good. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907, and his works include The Jungle Book, the Just So Stories and the poem 'If'.

Memory tip: Kipling, born in India, wrote 'The Jungle Book' and 'If'; he won the Nobel Prize in 1907.

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Which writer, born in India, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 and wrote The Jungle Book?

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