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Currently, Ruskin Bond is 89 years, 11 months and 0 days old. Ruskin Bond will celebrate 90rd birthday on a Sunday 19th of May 2024. Below we countdown to Ruskin Bond upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Ruskin Bond |
| Occupation | Children's Author |
| Age | 89 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 19, 1934 (India) |
| Birthday | May 19 |
| Town/City | India |
| Nationality | India |
Ruskin Bond’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Ruskin Bond was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
An Indian Writer known especially for his works of children's literature, he published the short story collection, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, which received the 1992 Sahitya Akademi Award. Some of his works, including The FLIGHT of Pigeons and The Room on the Roof, were adapted into films and television series.
His first novel, The Room on the Roof, was published when he was twenty-one years old and won the 1957 John Llewellyn Rhys prize.
His children's novel, The Blue Umbrella, was made into an award-winning film.
His father died of malaria in 1944, at which point Bond went to live with his grandmother in Dehradun, India. For the rest of his childhood, he was raised by his mother and stepfather.
His historical novel, A FLIGHT of Pigeons, was made into a 1978 film produced by Shashi Kapoor.
