CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author . His first novel, The Room on the Roof, was published in 1956, and it received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. Bond has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which includes 69 books for children.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ruskin bond was born on 19th May 1934 in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India. He completed his education at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, and he has lived in Mussorie-Landour since 1962. He is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and a top novelist.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ruskin Bond was a famous short story writer, novelist and poet. His writings were primarily focused on children and the simple hill-folk of Uttarakhand. Ruskin Bond used a common character named “Rusty” to describe his past stories. His first novel, “The Room on the Roof", was a semi-autobiographical story.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first one details his formative years in India and the second one is based on journal entries, essay collection and episodes about his years making it as a freelance writer. Some of other notable works of Ruskin Bond include Blue Umbrella, A Flight of Pigeons and Funny Side Up.

Detailed explanation-5: -Born in Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar (Gujarat), Dehradun, New Delhi and Shimla. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, which was written when he was seventeen, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957.