Eminent author Ruskin Bond has been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour given by the literary organisation.
- Ruskin Bond was named a recipient of Akademi’s highest honour in September 2021. However, due to his ill health, he could not be given the honour in person.
- 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 and has written in various genres of literature.
- 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).
- Mr. Bond did a small role in the 2011 film 7 Khoon Maaf directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, which is based on his story Susanna’s Seven Husbands.
