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Ruskin Bond
Stories of childhood and life in India’s Himalayan foothills
The Room on the Roof · Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra
- Born
- 19 May 1934
- Birthplace
- Kasauli
More people
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond is an Indian writer whose novels, stories and essays often draw on Dehradun and the hills around Mussoorie. His early novel The Room on the Roof introduced the character Rusty.
Early life
School and loss
Attended Bishop Cotton School in Shimla; his father died while Bond was still a child.
Career
- 1956
First novel
Published The Room on the Roof.
- 1963
Mussoorie
Moved to the Himalayan hill town.
- 1992
Sahitya Akademi Award
Honoured for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.
Selected work
The Room on the Roof
A semi-autobiographical novel about an Anglo-Indian teenager.
Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra
A collection recognised by the Sahitya Akademi.
Beyond work
Return to India
Used money from his first novel to fund his journey back from Britain.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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Photo: Jim Ankan Deka. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.