The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious international awards. It is awarded for scientific research and achievements, interesting inventions, or for a great contribution to the historical and cultural heritage of the world.
The first English writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature was Rudyard Kipling. He is also the youngest recipient of this prestigious award. At the time of receiving the award, he was 42 years old.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling is an eminent English writer and poet. He was born in 1865 in the Indian city of Bombay into a creative family. His father, a professor at the Bombay School of Art, was a sculptor and decorator. And my mother is a poetess. Since childhood, Kipling liked to read various literature. And as a student at a military school, he himself began to write stories. Due to poor eyesight, Joseph Rudyard was unable to make a military career. But he became a journalist, worked in various newspapers in India. And later he became famous all over the world for his novels, stories, short stories and poems for children and adults.
Kipling's works were very popular. Literary critics have always written positive reviews about them. For an interesting rich language, full of catchphrases and metaphors, the writer even began to be called the literary heir of Charles Dickens.
Among the most famous works of Rudyard Kipling - "The Jungle Book" and the novel "Kim". No less loved by admirers of the writer's work are his other stories, short stories and poems.
In 1907, Rudyard Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize. He was presented with this award "For observation, vivid imagination, maturity of ideas and outstanding talent as a narrator." In the same year, the writer was recognized by the universities of Paris, Athens, Toronto and Strasbourg. In addition, he received honorary degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and Edinburgh universities.
In 1936, the life of the great writer was cut short. He died of intestinal bleeding. Buried Joseph Rudyard Kipling in Poets' Corner in the cemetery of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Westminster, better known as Westminster Abbey.
