News Excerpt:
Eminent English author Ruskin Bond was awarded the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship.
About the news:
- Ruskin Bond was awarded the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship at his Mussoorie home on 11th May 2024.
- He was named a Sahitya Akademi Fellow in 2021. However, due to his ill health, he could not receive the honour in person.
About Ruskin Bond:
- Born on 19 May 1934 in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, Bond has been actively writing for over 50 years and has written in various genres of literature, including short stories, children's books, novels, autobiographical works and non-fiction.
- 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, Too Much Trouble, A Flight of Pigeons.
- Adaptations of his stories were aired on Doordarshan as the TV serial 'Ek Tha Rusty' and several of his stories - The Night Train at Deoli, Time Stops at Shamli and Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra - were included in the school curriculum in India.
- Bond received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992, Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2012, Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2019, among other prestigious awards.
About Sahitya Akademi:
- The Sahitya Akademi was formally inaugurated by the Government of India on 12 March 1954. It functions as an autonomous organisation. It was registered as a society on 7 January 1956 under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
- Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is the country's central institution for literary dialogue, publication and promotion.
- Languages recognised: In addition to the 22 languages enumerated in the Constitution of India, the Sahitya Akademi has recognised English and Rajasthani as languages in which its programme may be implemented.
- The Sahitya Akademi's head office is in New Delhi. Regional Offices are in Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, and the Agartala.
