Who became the first Englishman to win the Nobel prize for literature in 1907?

Rudyard Kipling was an English author famous for an array of works like 'Just So Stories' and 'The Jungle Book.' He was born on December 30, 1865, in Bombay, India. He was educated in England but returned to India in 1882. A decade later, Kipling married Caroline Balestier and settled in Brattleboro, Vermont, where he wrote The Jungle Book (1894), among a host of other works that made him hugely successful.

When Kipling won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, he became the first Englishman to win the award; he is still the youngest-ever recipient. A writer of poetry, short stories and novels, Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the world during the late 19th century and the first one-third of the 20th century.