Typewritten letter with annotations by Rudyard Kipling (1927)

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In 1927, Rudyard Kipling, the author of The Jungle Book, awaits the publication in Rio de Janeiro of articles recounting his trip to Brazil.

Typewritten letter, with handwritten notes by Rudyard Kipling, to Mrs Sanders (probably the writer Ella Sanders). One page, written on both sides. In English. 20.1 cm x 26.4 cm. December 20, 1927. Bateman's, England. Excellent condition, except for a thin strip of text at the bottom of the first page, probably deteriorated by masking tape. Single piece.

In this letter, Kipling talks about a trip to France, where he found his daughter, his return to England, where it rained heavily, comments on his livestock and servants or even his dogs, in a humorous style. An even more interesting part refers to Brazil:

My articles on Brazil, from what little I saw, will be published in the Morning Post next week and I hear they will be translated into Portuguese for one of the Rio newspapers. I have never read my texts in that language, I am naturally very interested. I hope the Brazilian is too.

On the second page of the letter are some handwritten notes that appear to be book suggestions for Mrs Sanders.

The Ugly Duchess (better [deteriorated] Jen Gress)
The Ereville Memories (perfectly heartly [mis] fascinating)
The Show Bros (I think) has been recommended
Lechmanskies Memories (he [deteriorated] truth sometimes)
These all, Ludwings “Napoleon”.

RK.

Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) was the first Nobel Prize winner in English literature, in 1907. His children's books are classics of children's literature, such as The Jungle Book. Rudyard was 24 years old in 1889, the year he left India to work as a correspondent for an important newspaper in that country, The Pioneer. He travels a lot around the world and starts writing novels and poetry. In 1894 he publishes The Jungle Book, translated in Brazil as O Livro da Selva, which became a Disney cartoon in 1967, with an immense success of the wolf-boy.

Two decades later, even with health problems, he boards a ship and travels for two years to the Tropics. He arrives in Brazil in 1927, where he stays for five weeks, enough to write a travel report of seven chapters, poems and drawings that value the country. The first land seen is Recife, then the writer goes to Bahia and finally arrives in Rio de Janeiro, on the eve of Carnival. Kipling ends his journey passing through São Paulo "a small town, three hundred kilometers from the coast, with nine hundred thousand people".

In this letter, the first (and youngest) Nobel Prize winner in English-language literature, author of the hugely successful "The Jungle Book", which everyone knows, comments on the publication of his articles in Brazil in 1927, a few weeks after the your return. In addition to the style and humorous tone of the letter, we also appreciate Kipling's handwriting, through a few handwritten lines at the end, a list of books he recommends for his friend. A historic Nobel Prize, details of the famous author's life, handwritten literary references, Brazil... Here we have all the ingredients of a very desirable document for a Brazilian or English collector.