The Butterfly That Stamped (Just So Stories)

About Authors

Sir Joseph Rudyard Kipling, an English writer, poet and novelist, Nobel Prize winner (1907), was born on December 30, 1865 in Bombay, India.

The 1990s was the brightest decade in Kipling's creativity. It began with the publication of the first novel, `The Light That Failed` (1891). In 1892, Kipling left England for a long time. The news of the death of his friend, the American Charles Wolcott Balestier, who co-authored the adventure novel `The Naulahka`, interrupted Rudyard's journey. He married the deceased's sister, Carolina, and moved to Vermont. In America, he wrote his famous `The Jungle Book` (1895). Kipling was well acquainted with Indian folklore and found materials from the deep treasury of native tales and legends. In addition, the author himself created his own folklore and myths about India. He was concerned about the problems of nature and civilization, about the place of man on Earth, which he tried to solve in an unconventional way. At the beginning of 1936, Rudyard Kipling died. But his wonderful works remain. The works that glorify courage, bravery, will, friendship, reveal to the reader the magical world of untouched nature. His works brought him fame as one of the best animalistic writers in world literature.

Kathrin Scharer (1969) was born in Basel and studied drawing at the University of Design in Basel. She teaches at a speech therapy school and works as an illustrator. Kathrin Scharer has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the Astrid Lindgren Award for her full-fledged works. She has twice been awarded the Swiss Children's and Youth Books Award.

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