Ruskin Bond

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1934 –

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Who is Ruskin Bond?

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent.

The Indian Council for Child Education recognised his pioneering role in the growth of children's literature in India, and awarded him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Literature. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour, near Mussoorie.

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Born
May 19, 1934
Kasauli
Parents
Siblings
Nationality
  • India
Profession
Education
  • Bishop Cotton School
Lived in
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Solan
  • London
  • Shimla
  • Jamnagar
  • Dehradun

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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