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Something of Myself
	First edition cover
Author	Rudyard Kipling
Original title	Something of Myself: for my friends known and unknown
Language	English
Genre	Autobiography
Published	1937
Publisher	Macmillan of London
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	237
LC Class	PR4856 .A5 1937c

Something of Myself: for my friends known and unknown is the autobiography of Rudyard Kipling. Kipling wrote it in the last year of his life; the unfinished text was prepared for publication by his wife. It has remained in print since its first publication in 1937.

Creation and publication

Kipling began work on the autobiography on 1 August 1935, and was last reported to work on it (doing revisions) on 26 December of the same year. He died on 18 January 1936. The unfinished manuscript was edited and prepared for publication by his wife, Caroline Starr Balestier. After preliminary printing of selections from the text in a number of newspapers, the book was published by Macmillan, Kipling's established UK publisher, on 21 December 1937.^[1]

Kipling had stated the intention to deal in this account with "his life from the point of view of his work". He thus focuses on describing the inspiration, genesis and workmanship of his literary creations while remaining reticent on most facets of his private life that are not directly connected to his works.^[2]

References

^ Thomas Pinney (1991). "Introduction to "Something of Myself: for my friends known and unknown"". In Thomas Pinney (ed.). Rudyard Kipling - Something of Myself and other Autobiographical Writings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521355155.
^ Andrew Lycett (2015). Rudyard Kipling. Hachette UK.