Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond was born on May 19, 1934. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author and poet. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, published in 1956, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Bond has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which include 69 books for children. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. He was awarded the Padma Shri Award in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan Award in 2014.