Ruskin Bond honored with Sahitya Akademi Fellowship

Active in the field of writing for many years

Ruskin Bond did a small role in the film Saat Khoon Maaf in 2011. Many of his books are very popular among the people.Renowned english writer and scholar Ruskin Bond was awarded Mahattar Membership, the highest honor of the Sahitya Akademi. On Saturday, he was honored with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship at his Mussoorie home. He was given this honor by Sahitya Akademi President madhav kaushik and Sahitya Akademi Secretary K. Provided by Srinivasrao. Bond was nominated for the academy's highest honor in september 2021.

Ruskin Bond was born on May 19, 1934 in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. He has been active in the world of writing for more than 50 years. He has written in various genres of literature including short stories, children's books, novels, autobiographical works and non-fiction. Vagrants in the Valley', 'Once Upon a Monsoon Time', 'Angry River', 'Strangers in the Night', 'All Roads Lead to Ganga', 'Tales of Fosterganj', 'Leopard on the Mountain' and 'Too Much 'Trouble' is included in his famous books.

The 1978 hindi film Junoon is based on Ruskin's historical novel A Flight of Pigeons (Indian Rebellion of 1857). Adaptations of his stories were broadcast on Doordarshan as the tv serial 'Ek Tha Rusty'. Several of his stories – The Night train at Deoli, Time Stops at Shamli and Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra – were included in the school curriculum in India. His popular children's novel The Blue Umbrella was made into a film in 2005.

Received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992

  He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for his story collection Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. She played a small role in the 2011 film 7 Khoon Maaf directed by vishal Bhardwaj, which is based on her story 'Suzanna's Seven Husbands'. He was also honored with padma shri in 1999 by the government and Padma bhushan in 2019 and Children's Literature Award (2012) by Sahitya Akademi.