Rudyard Kipling

Nació 30 December 1865 · Murió 18 January 1936

De Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Nacionalidad: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Escribe ficción y no ficción

Wikipedia

Rudyard Kipling fue un autor y poeta británico. Nacido en Bombay, en la India británica, es principalmente conocido por su obra de ficción "The Jungle Book" (1894).

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“I’ve just read that I’m dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.”
Letter to a magazine that had mistakenly published the announcement of his deathEn inglés
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you’ll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
pp. 5-8En inglés
“It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is “Run and find out,” and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.”
The Jungle BookEn inglés
“The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool!”
Plain Tales from the HillsEn inglés
“I am the cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.”
Just So StoriesEn inglés