Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
Noted writer Ruskin Bond has been
awarded the Sahitya Akademi
Fellowship, the highest honor given
by the literary organisation. Due to
his poor health, he was given this
honor by Sahitya Akademi
President Madhav Kaushik and
Sahitya Akademi Secretary K
Srinivasrao at his Mussoorie home.
Born on May 19, 1934 in Kasauli,
Himachal Pradesh, Mr. Bond has
been active in the world of writing
for more than 50 years and has
written in various genres of
literature.
His early fiction includes short-
story collections and novels as well
as some autobiographical works.
Later, she also wrote non-fiction,
romance, and children's books. His
favorite genres are essays and
stories.
His notable works include 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.
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
aired on Doordarshan as the TV
serial Ek Tha Rusty and several of
his stories The Night Train at Deoli,
Time Stops at Shamli and Our Trees
Still Grow in Dehra (Sahitya
Akademi Award 1992) were
included in the school curriculum.
In 2005, his popular children's novel
The Blue Umbrella was made into a
film.
Mr. Bond played a small role in the
2011 film 7 Khoon Maaf, directed by
Vishal Bhardwaj, based on his story
Susanna's Seven Husbands.
He has been awarded the Padma
Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in
2019 and the Sahitya Akademi
Children's Literature Award in 2012.
