Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888); and his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The White Man's Burden (1899) and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".

Joseph Rudyard Kipling [] (* 30. Dezember 1865 in Bombay; † 18. Januar 1936 in London) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Dichter, der 1907 den Literaturnobelpreis erhielt. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist Das Dschungelbuch. Kipling wurde außerdem bekannt als umstrittener Freund des britischen Kolonialismus. Dabei prägte er in einem Gedicht den Begriff „the white man’s burden“ (zu deutsch: die Bürde des weißen Mannes).

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (Bombay, Raj britannique, le 30 décembre 1865 - Londres, le 18 janvier 1936) est un écrivain britannique.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling, född 30 december 1865 i Bombay, Maharashtra, död 18 januari 1936 på Middlesex Hospital, London, var en brittisk författare och poet, mest känd för boken Djungelboken. Rudyard Kipling är döpt efter sjön Rudyard i Staffordshire.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (ur. 30 grudnia 1865 w Bombaju, zm. 18 stycznia 1936 w Londynie) – angielski pisarz i poeta, urodzony w Indiach. Laureat literackiej Nagrody Nobla (1907).