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RuskinBond
RuskinBondatabookreleasefunctioninBangalore(June6,2012)
Born 19May1934Kasauli,Punjab,BritishIndia
Occupation Writer
Nationality India
Period 1934present
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RuskinBondisanIndianauthorofBritishdescent.
TheIndianCouncilforChildEducationrecognisedhispioneeringroleinthegrowthofchildren'sliteratureinIndia,andawardedhimtheSahityaAcademyAwardin1992forOurTreesStillGrowinDehra,givenbytheSahityaAcademy,India'sNationalAcademyofLiterature.HewasawardedthePadmaShriin1999andPadmaBhushanin2014.HenowliveswithhisadoptedfamilyinLandour,inMussoorie.
Contents
1Lifeandcareer2Filmography3Literarystyle4FamousWorks
4.1Collections/Anthologies4.2Novels
5AwardsandRecognitions6References7Externallinks
Lifeandcareer
RuskinBondwasbornon19May1934inamilitaryhospital,toEdithClarkeandAubreyBond.HissiblingswereEllenandWilliam.Atpresent,hissisterEllenlivesinJallandhar,PunjabandbrotherWilliamlivesinCanada.Ruskin'sfatherwaswiththeRoyalAirForce.WhenBondwasfouryearsold,hismotherseparatedfromhisfatherandmarriedaPunjabiHindu,Mr.Hari,whohimselfhadbeenmarriedonce.
BondspenthisearlychildhoodinVijayanagar(Gujarat),JamnagarandShimla.AttheageoftenRuskinwenttoliveathisgrandmother'shouseinDehradunafterhisfather'ssuddendeathin1944frommalaria.Ruskinwasraisedbyhisgrandmother.HecompletedhisschoolingatBishopCottonSchoolinShimla,fromwherehegraduatedin1952afterwinningseveralwritingcompetitionsintheschoolliketheIrwinDivinityPrizeandtheHaileyLiteraturePrize.Hewrotehisfirstshortstory,Untouchable,attheageofsixteenin1950.
Followinghishighschooleducationhewenttohisaunt'shouseinChannelIslandsinEnglandandstayedthereforfouryears.InLondonhestartedwritinghisfirstnovel,TheRoomontheRoof,thesemiautobiographicalstoryoftheorphanedAngloIndianboyRusty.Itwonthe1957JohnLlewellynRhysPrize,awardedtoaBritishCommonwealthwriterunder30.BondusedtheadvancemoneyfromthebooktopaytheseapassagetoBombay.HeworkedforsomeyearsasajournalistinDelhiandDehradun.Since1963hehaslivedasafreelancewriterinMussoorie,atownintheHimalayan
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foothills.[1]HewroteVagrantsintheValley,asasequeltoTheRoomontheRoof.ThesetwonovelswerepublishedinonevolumebyPenguinIndiain1993.Thefollowingyearacollectionofhisnonfictionwritings,TheBestOfRuskinBondwaspublishedbyPenguinIndia.HisinterestintheparanormalledhimtowritepopulartitlessuchasGhostStoriesfromtheRaj,ASeasonofGhosts,andAFaceintheDarkandotherHauntings.
HecurrentlyliveswithhisadoptivefamilyinLandour,Mussoorie'sIvyCottage,whichhasbeenhishousesince1964.
Filmography
TheHindifilmJunoonisbasedonBond'shistoricalnovellaAFlightofPigeons(aboutanepisodeduringtheIndianRebellionof1857).ItwasproducedbyShashiKapooranddirectedbyShyamBenegal.
RuskinBondmadehismaidenbigscreenappearancewithacameoinVishalBhardwaj'sfilm7KhoonMaaf,basedonhisshortstorySusanna'sSevenHusbands.BondappearsasaBishopinthemoviewithPriyankaChopraplayingthetitlerole.[2]BondhadearliercollaboratedwithhimintheTheBlueUmbrellawhichwasalsobasedonhisstory.
Literarystyle
MostofhisworksareinfluencedbylifeinthehillstationsatthefoothillsoftheHimalayas,wherehespenthischildhood.Hisfirstnovel,TheRoomOntheRoof,waswrittenwhenhewas17andpublishedwhenhewas21.ItwaspartlybasedonhisexperiencesatDehradun,inhissmallrentedroomontheroof,andhisfriends.Sincethenhehaswrittenoverthreehundredshortstories,essaysandnovels,includingVagrantsinTheValley,TheBlueUmbrella,FunnySideUp,AFlightofPigeonsandmorethan30booksforchildren.Hehasalsopublishedtwovolumesofautobiography.ScenesfromaWriter'sLifedescribeshisformativeyearsgrowingupinAngloIndiaTheLampisLitisacollectionofessaysandepisodesfromhisjournal.
Bondsaidthatwhilehisautobiographicalwork,RainintheMountains,wasabouthisyearsspentinMussoorie,ScenesfromaWriter'sLifedescribedhisfirst21years.ScenesfromaWriter'sLifefocusesonBond'striptoEngland,hisstruggletofindapublisherforhisfirstbookTheRoomontheRoofandhisyearningtocomebacktoIndia,particularlytoDoon."Italsotellsalotaboutmyparents",saidBond."Thebookendswiththepublicationofmyfirstnovelandmydecisiontomakewritingmylivelihood",Bondsaid,adding:"Basically,itdescribeshowIbecameawriter".
Hisnovel,TheFlightofPigeons,hasbeenadaptedintothefilmJunoon.TheRoomontheRoofhasbeenadaptedintoaBBCproducedTVseries.SeveralstorieshavebeenincorporatedintheschoolcurriculuminIndia,including"TheNightTrainatDeoli","TimeStopsatShamli"andOurTreesStillGrowinDehra.In2007,theBollywooddirectorVishalBhardwajmadeafilmbasedonhispopularnovelforchildren,TheBlueUmbrella.ThemoviewontheNationalAwardforBestChildren'sfilm.
FamousWorks
Collections/Anthologies
TheCherryTree[3]GarlandofMemories
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GhostStoriesfromtheRajFunnySideUpRainintheMountainsNotesfromtheHimalayasOurtreesstillgrowinDehraDustontheMountainsASeasonofGhostsTigersForeverATownCalledDehraAtschoolwithRuskinBondAnIslandofTreesTheNightTrainatDeoliAFaceintheDarkandOtherHauntingsPotpourriTheAdventuresofRustyTheLostRubyCrazytimeswithUncleKenTheDeathOfTreesTalesandLegendsfromIndiaTimestopsatShamliGrandpaticklesatigerFourFeathersSchoolDaysTheTigerInThetunnelMr.Oliver'sdiaryTheParrotWhoWouldn'tTalkTheDoctorTheRuskinBondChildren'sOmnibusRustyTheBoyfromHillsTheMonkeyTroubleHipHopNatureBoyFrogsinthefountainandOtherPoemsRuskinBond'sBookofNatureTigersForDinner:TallTalesByJimCorbett'sKhansamaTheRupaBookofHauntedHousesTheRupaBookofEerieStoriesThePenguinBookofIndianGhostStoriesThePenguinBookofIndianRailwayStoriesFaceintheDarkandOtherHauntingStories(CollectionofBond'sghoststories)FriendsinSmallPlacesRuskinBond'sUnfogettablePeopleRuskinBond'sGreenBook"BestFriends"
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Novels
WithLoveFromHillsTheRoomontheRoofVagrantsintheValleyScenesfromaWriter'sLifeRustyRunsawayAFlightofPigeonsLandourDaysAwritersJournal
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AwardsandRecognitions
JohnLlewellynRhysPrizein1957SahityaAkademiAwardin1992PadmaShriin1999PadmaBhushanin2014
References1. Sinha,Arpita(18May2010)."ThenameisBond,RuskinBond"(http://www.allindianewssite.com/7396/the
nameisbondruskinbond).Retrieved3March2011.2. "RuskinBondtodoacameoin'SaatKhoon..' "
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/newsinterviews/RuskinBondtodoacameoinSaatKhoon/articleshow/7347368.cms).TheTimesOfIndia.
3. http://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Cherry_Tree.html?id=Iyh4HDIlSmwC&redir_esc=y4. RuskinBondcelebrates25thanniversaryofPenguininBangalore(http://www.efinews.com/2012/06/ruskin
bondinbangaloretocelebrate.html)EFNewsInternational5. Twoanniversariesandabooklaunch(http://ipaimpress.com/ruskinbondbangalore/)Ipaimpress.com
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