Who is Ruskin Bond?

Ruskin Bond is a well-known contemporary Indian writer of British heritage. He published several inspirational children’s books and was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award for his literary work. He was born on May 19, 1934, in Kasauli, India, to Edith Clarke and Aubrey Bond.

How many books has Ruskin Bond written?

Interestingly, Ruskin Bond and Vishal Bhardwaj are neighbors in Mussoorie and share the same wall. To date, he has reportedly written over 500 short stories, novels and essays. Since typewriters are outdated and his neck hurts while typing on a computer, Bond prefers writing his entire works by hand.

When was Ruskin Bond awarded the Padma Bhushan?

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. Ruskin Bond was born to Edith Clarke and Aubrey Alexander Bond, in Kasauli, Punjab States Agency, British India. His father taught English to the princesses of Jamnagar palace and Ruskin and his sister Ellen lived there till he was six.

When did Ruskin Bond write vagrants in the valley?

In the 1980s, Penguin set up in India and approached him to write some books. He had written Vagrants in the Valley in 1956, as a sequel to The Room on the Roof. These two novels were published in one volume by Penguin India in 1993. The following year a collection of his non-fiction writings, The Best of Ruskin Bond was published by Penguin India.