4b Listen and complete the biography of Rudyard Kipling. BORN: December 30
COUNTRY: Bombay
EARLY LIFE: When he was
years old, he was taken to
to begin his education.
ADULTHOOD: When he was
years old, he returned to
and worked as a
and editor for the Civil and Mili-
tary Gazette in Lahore.
BECAME FAMOUS: Kipling published his first collection of poems,
Departmental Ditties and Other Verses, in
and his first collec-
tion of stories, Plain Tales from the Hills, in
He wrote
like Kim, The Jungle Book and Puck of Pook's Hill. He also wrote the
well-known poems, If - and Gunga Din, and many
set in India.
AWARDS AND HONORS: He was awarded the 1907 in
Literature.
DIED: Kipling died in
on
January 1936 and was buried in
Westminster Abbey, London.
in
Homework
Choose and write a biography of your favourite writer/poet. Look at Activity 4b.

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