Ruskin Bond Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Children, Biography & More
Ruskin Bond Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Children, Biography & More
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| Bio | |
|---|---|
| Real Name | Ruskin Bond |
| Nickname | Rusty |
| Profession | Author |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 160 cm in meters- 1.60 m in Feet Inches- 5â 3â |
| Weight (approx.) | in Kilograms- 90 kg in Pounds- 198 lbs |
| Eye Colour | Blue |
| Hair Colour | White |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 19 May 1934 (Saturday) |
| Age (as of 2025) | 91 Years |
| Birth Place | Kasauli, Punjab States Agency, British India |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Taurus |
| Signature |  |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Dehradun, Uttarakhand |
| School | Bishop Cotton School, Shimla |
| College/University | Not Known |
| Educational Qualifications | Not Known |
| Debut | Writing (Book): The Room on the Roof (1956)  |
| Family | Father- Aubrey Clarke (British Air Force personnel), Hari (step-father) Mother- Edith Clarke Brother- William Sister- Ellen |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Address | Ivy cottage, Landour, Mussoorie, Dehradun, Himachal Pradesh (Has been living at the same address for more than 36 years)  |
| Hobbies | Watching sports, reading |
| Controversy | Not Known |
| Awards/Achievements | Awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. Bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992. Honoured with the Padma Shri in 1999. Awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2014.  |
| Favourite Things | |
| Favourite Authors/Poets | William Wordsworth, Henry David Thoreau, Anton Chekov, Ernest Bates, Emily Bronte, Graham Greene |
| Favourite Books | Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| Favourite Destination | Puducherry |
| Girls, Affairs and More | |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Affairs/Girlfriends | Not Known |
| Wife/Spouse | N/A |
| Children | Son- Not Known Daughter- Not Known Note: Ruskin Bond has an adopted family. He lost one of his children a few years ago. |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Ruskin Bond
Does Ruskin Bond smoke: Not Known
Does Ruskin Bond drink alcohol: Not Known
When Bond was only 4 years old, his mother, Ellen, got separated from his father, Aubrey, and married a Punjabi Hindu by the name of Hari, who himself had been married once.
In the aftermath of the divorce, Bondâs custody was handed to his father. However, he soon relocated to his grandmotherâs house in Dehradun, after his father lost his life to Jaundice.
Owing to these regular relocations, Bond spent most of his early childhood in Vijayanagar, Jamnagar, Shimla & Dehradun.
At school, Bond was usually referred to as an âall-rounderâ. Not only did he excel at essay-writing, but he also performed well in debating and sports. Notably, he was the goalkeeper of his schoolâs Football team.
Hereâs a rare picture of Ruskin Bond from his teenage years.Â
In addition, because of his extraordinary writing skills, he was awarded the âAnderson Essay Prize (School)â for three consecutive years. As a result, a few years down the line, his school, Bishop Cotton, honored him by inscribing his name at the Schoolâs âHall of Fame.â
He wrote his first short story, âUntouchableâ, at the age of 16.
Following the completion of his schooling, Bond immigrated to the Channel Islands, U.K. in order to pursue his further studies. It was during this time that he started writing his first novel, The Room on the Roof, a âsemi-autobiographicalâ account of an orphaned boy. However, he faced many difficulties while looking for a publisher. In olden days, established Publishers were always reluctant to publish a book by an amateur writer and thus his book release took more time than expected.
Better late than never, Bondâs book finally found a publisher after months of struggle. The advance money that he received allowed him to come back to Dehradun.
Back at home, he began working as a freelancer for various newspapers and magazines. Impressed by his writing, publishers âPenguin Indiaâ approached him with a contract and since then All of Ruskin Bondâs books are being published by the same company.
Shyam Benegalâs Hindi Film, Junoon (1979), was based on Bondâs historical novel- A Flight of Pigeons.
Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj is a big fan of Ruskin Bond and has therefore adopted some of his books/stories into movies. While The Blue Umbrella (2005) was based on the latterâs novel of the same name, 7 Khoon Maaf was inspired from âSusannaâs Seven Husbandsâ. Interestingly, Ruskin Bond and Vishal Bhardwaj are neighbors in Mussoorie and share the same wall.
To date, he has reportedly written over 500 short stories, novels and essays.
Since typewriters are outdated and his neck hurts while typing on a computer, Bond prefers writing his entire works by hand.
He has tried his hand in a number of genres viz. children stories, biographies, horror stories, etc. However, almost all his books share a similar backdrop (mountains, trains, scenery, etc).
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