Rudyard Kipling

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Rudyard Kipling
This person was awarded a Nobel Prize

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865-18 January 1936) was an English author and poet. He wrote children's fiction, like Kim (book), The Jungle Book and Puck of Pooks Hill. He also wrote the well-known poems, If — and Gunga Din. He was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Kipling died suddenly in 1936 and is buried in Westminster Abbey, London.