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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work.

Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888). His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If—" (1910). He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. His children's books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".

Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers Henry James said, "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, as the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and at 41, its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood, but declined both. Following his death in 1936, his ashes were interred at Poets' Corner, part of the South Transept of Westminster Abbey.

Kipling's subsequent reputation has changed with the political and social climate of the age. The contrasting views of him continued for much of the 20th century. George Orwell saw Kipling as "a jingo imperialist", who was "morally insensitive and aesthetically disgusting". Literary critic Douglas Kerr wrote: "[Kipling] is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literary and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognised as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with."

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Den hvide sæl - og - Kvikvern

To fortællinger fra Arktis

Kipling beskæftigede sig ikke meget med de arktiske egne, men skrev i 1894 og 1895 de to historier, der er samlet her. De blev efter den første offentliggørelse i magasiner taget med i de to Junglebøger - en i hver - men der er meget langt fra den indiske jungle til Ishavet, og de er som regel udeladt i ældre oversættelser.

I Den hvide sæl møder vi Kotick, en sælunge, der lever på stranden Novastosnah ved bredden af Beringshavet. Ved et tilfælde overværer han, hvordan andre sælunger bliver slået ned og flået af menneskene, og beslutter at finde et sikkert sted, hvor sælerne ikke er udsat for fare fra menneskene.

Kvikvern handler om inuitten Kotuko og hans hund af samme navn. Hunden bliver fører for drengens slædehunde, indtil den lille boplads bliver ramt af hungersnød, og den flygter. Da Kotuko - inuitten - drager ud for at finde føde, møder han "Kvikvern", en ottebenet dyreånd, der hjælper ham.

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Publish date20 Apr 2015
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ISBN epub9788779794092