Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond
Bond in 2012
Bond in 2012
Born (1934-05-19) 19 May 1934 (age 90)
Kasauli, Punjab States Agency, British India
(Now in Solan district, Himachal Pradesh, India)
Occupation
  • Author
  • poet
LanguageEnglish
Alma materBishop Cotton School
Notable worksThe Room on the Roof
Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra
A Flight of Pigeons
The Blue Umbrella
Granny's Tree Climbing
Angry River
Notable awardsJohn Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1957)
Sahitya Akademi Award (1992)
Padma Shri (1999)
Padma Bhushan (2014)

Ruskin Bond (born 19, May 1934) is an Indian author. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, published in 1956, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Bond has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which includes 69 books for children.[1] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014.[2]

  1. ^ "Can't Run Out Of Stories In India": Ruskin Bond Celebrates 88th Birthday". NDTV.
  2. ^ "Padma Awarded" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.