Ruskin Bond Honored with Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Event | Ruskin Bond awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship |
| Date of Announcement | Recently announced |
| Award Conferred By | Sahitya Akademi |
| Award Presented At | Mussoorie home (due to ill health) |
| Presented By | Sahitya Akademi President Madhav Kaushik and Secretary K. Sreenivasarao |
| Birth Details | Born on May 19, 1934, in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh |
| Literary Career Span | Over 50 years |
| Genres | Short stories, novels, autobiographical works, non-fiction, romance, and children's books |
| Notable Works | 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, Too Much Trouble, A Flight of Pigeons (adapted into the film Junoon) |
| Popular Adaptations | TV serial Ek Tha Rusty (Doordarshan), The Blue Umbrella (film, 2005) |
| Curriculum Inclusions | The Night Train at Deoli, Time Stops at Shamli, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra |
| Previous Awards | Padma Shri (1999), Padma Bhushan (2019), Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar (2012) |
| Sahitya Akademi Award | 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra |
| Current Age | 89 years |