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Ruskin Bond

1934 - Today

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Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author. 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 includes 69 books for children. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruskin Bond is the 6,276th most popular writer (down from 5,848th in 2019), the 916th most popular biography from India (down from 763rd in 2019) and the 116th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ruskin Bond ranks 6,276 out of 7,302. Before him are Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Brené Brown, Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, Henry Vaughan, and Margaret Oliphant. After him are Ian McDonald, Charles Eastman, Cressida Cowell, David McKee, Asma Barlas, and Albrecht Behmel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ruskin Bond ranks 529. Before him are Corey Allen, Sylvia Syms, Alfonso Portugal, Nidal Al Achkar, Ron Flowers, and Richard Briers. After him are Maurice Norman, Désiré Rakotoarijaona, Bob Uecker, Sydney Schanberg, José María Maguregui, and N. Scott Momaday.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ruskin Bond ranks 916 out of 1,861. Before him are Gul Mohammed (1957), Shrilal Shukla (1925), Philip Herbert Cowell (1870), Nanda (1939), Krishan Kant (1927), and Sushil Kumar (1983). After him are Begum Akhtar (1914), Jyoti Amge (1993), Romila Thapar (1931), E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1909), Bhumi Pednekar (1989), and Mah Laqa Bai (1768).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Ruskin Bond ranks 116. Before him are Javed Akhtar (1945), Gurdial Singh (1933), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), Ali Sardar Jafri (1913), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), and Shrilal Shukla (1925). After him are Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Vikram Seth (1952), Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907), Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938), Rohinton Mistry (1952), and Sahir Ludhianvi (1921).

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