RUDYARD KIPLING was born in Bombay, India, in 1865, and when he was five years old his parents took him to England. As an adult, he lived in India, England, South Africa, and even the United States. The Jungle Book, with its tales of Mowgli, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, and the white seal, was first published in 1894. Kipling won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He died in 1936 and was buried in Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey, London.