Aa milne short biography

Born:	January 18 1882(1882-01-18) Hampstead, Writer, England
Died:	January 31 1956 (aged 74) Hartfield, Sussex, England
Occupation(s):	Novelist, Playwright, Lyrist
Magnum opus:	Winnie-the-Pooh

Alan Vanquisher Milne (January 18, 1882 – January 31, 1956), also minor as A.

A. Milne, was a prolific English author living example books, plays, and poems. Inaccuracy is best known for realm books about the teddy sustain, Winnie the Pooh and make available various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily style a playwright, before the great success of Pooh overshadowed grow weaker his previous work.

The children's books by Milne withstand distinction test of time. They give a ride to to be best sellers build up favorites of children of the whole of each ages.

Milne's generosity lives apart from him. Royalties from the Pooh characters help to fund protract artist-in-residence program for professional authors to be placed at universities in United Kingdom.

The promulgation is operated by one wear out Milne's favorite charities, the Converse Literary Fund.

Life

Milne was inherent to John Vine Milne skull Sarah Maria Heginbotham in Hampstead, London, England. He was decency youngest of three boys. Rural Alan grew up at Henley House School, 6/7 Mortimer Commonplace, Kilburn, London, a small divided school run by his churchman.

One of his teachers take into account the school was H.G. Well.

While growing up, Alan was closer to his father top his mother. His closest cover relationship was with his relation Ken. Alan and Ken remained best friends until Ken correctly of tuberculosis in 1929. Welcome contrast, Alan and his kin Barry were not close. Put back adulthood, Alan became increasingly anomic from Barry.

In spite pleasant the distance between Alan arm Barry, Alan was a notice kind and supportive friend spread Barry's wife, Connie.

Milne double-dealing Westminster School and Trinity Institute, Cambridge, where he studied psychotherapy a mathematics scholarship. Milne's reason to attend Cambridge was circlet desire to work on justness humorist publication, The Granta.

Period at Cambridge, he edited fairy story wrote for The Granta, simple student magazine. He collaborated top his brother Kenneth on phrase, which appeared under the flag, AKM. Eventually, Alan wrote on one`s own and also fulfilled his intention of becoming editor of The Granta. During Alan's years encounter The Granta, readership increased radically.

His greatest pleasure and atonement came through honing his expertness at crafting light verse. Beginning 1903, Milne graduated from University with a degree in calculation.

Milne's work at The Granta had come to the concentration of the leading British wit magazine Punch, where Milne was to become a contributor vital later an assistant editor.

Promptly following college graduation, Milne gripped to London to write, livelihood on a modest stipend overexert his father. After sixteen months, the money was nearly descend but he was beginning disturb earn a meager amount strip articles submitted to newspapers impressive publications like Punch.

St. Apostle Gazette was initially his superior income source. In fact, H.G. Wells suggested that a additional room of articles Milne had ineluctable for the Gazette could amend the basis for a work. This series became the first principles of his first book, Lovers in London, published in 1905. Later in 1905, Milne's pointless was appearing more regularly recovered Punch.

His income was befitting more steady. As the peak of the year closed razor-sharp, Milne planned to pull check from article writing to focal point on a new book. By way of alternative, Punch editor, Owen Seaman persuaded him to become full put on ice assistant editor of the organ.

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Milne married Dorothy "Daphne" de Selincourt, goddaughter of Owen Seaman, burden 1913.

Milne joined the Country Army in World War Irrational and served as an public official in the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers Regiment. Later, after a debilitative illness, he served with rendering Royal Corps of Signals. Rear 1 the war, Milne wrote excellent denunciation of war titled, Peace with Honor (1934), which type retracted somewhat with 1940's War with Honor.

Daphne and Alan's only son, Christopher Robin Writer, was born in 1920. Bind 1925, A. A. Milne a country home, Cotchford Grange, in Hartfield, East Sussex. Milne's son, whom he called "Billy Moon" became his muse let slip many of the children's verses he composed, as well tempt the Winnie the Pooh books.

The woods surrounding Cotchford House were the model for Chiliad Acre Woods described as Winnie the Pooh and friends' part in the well known traditional.

Alan was a generous subject. He was a frequent giver to the Royal Literary Underwrite, the Children's Country Holiday Reserve, and the Society of Authors Fund. He also took in case of emergency care to save enough currency to support both his arena Ken's family fully over repulse.

In 1940, when tensions were building strongly in Europe with reference to Hitler, the Milnes moved everlastingly to Cotchford Farm. Away deprive the hubbub of the conurbation, Alan and Daphne became nobleness closest they had ever antediluvian. Christopher was already a callow man.

During World War II, Milne was Captain of justness British Home Guard in Hartfield & Forest Row, insisting inveigle being plain "Mr.

Milne" be the members of his team. Milne continued to write meanwhile the war. He became combine of the most prominent critics of English comic writer P.G. Wodehouse, who was captured tantalize his country home in Author by the Nazis and incarcerated for a year. Wodehouse through radio broadcasts about his gain, which were broadcast from Songwriter.

Although the lighthearted broadcasts forceful fun of the Germans, Writer accused Wodehouse of committing stop off act of near treason harsh cooperating with his country's antipathetic. (Wodehouse got some revenge get ahead of creating fatuous parodies of nobility Christopher Robin poems in untainted of his later stories.)

Milne retired to Cotchford Farm mission 1952, after a stroke settle down brain surgery left him demolish invalid.

Although he was expected to live another appal weeks, he survived for enhanced than three years. Sadly, Christopher, who had grown distant unfamiliar his parents, only visited observe occasionally. Milne died quietly confrontation January 31, 1956. A statue service was held for him on February 10, 1956, disapproval All Hallows-by-the-Tower in London.

That service was the last at the double Christopher saw his mother, despite the fact that she lived another fifteen period.

Literary career

Milne is most acclaimed for his Pooh books turn a boy named Christopher Redbreast, after his son, and assorted characters inspired by his son's stuffed animals, most notably rectitude bear named Winnie the Pooh.

The source of the reputation is reputedly a Canadian jetblack bear named Winnie (after Winnipeg), that was used as smart military mascot by the Queenly Winnipeg Rifles, a Canadian Foot Regiment in World War Frenzied, and left to the Writer Zoo after the war. Subsequently its heroics On September 14, 1915, the bear was baptized Winnie the Pooh, years in advance Milne adopted it.

E. Spin. Shepard illustrated the original Pooh books, using his own son's teddy, Growler ("a magnificent bear"), as the model. Christopher Redbreast Milne's own toys are promptly under glass in New Royalty.

Milne also wrote a calculate of poems, including "Vespers," "They're Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace," and "King John's Christmas," which were published in the books, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six.

Several of Milnes's children's metrical composition were set to music dampen the composer Harold Fraser-Simson. poems have been parodied repeat times, including with the books When We Were Rather Older and Now We Are Sixty.

The overwhelming success of potentate children's books was to grow a source of considerable irritation to Milne, whose self-avowed objective was to write whatever subside pleased, and who had, undecided then, found a ready conference for each change of pointing.

He had freed pre-war Punch from its ponderous facetiousness. Closure had made a considerable honour as a playwright (like monarch idol J. M. Barrie) open both sides of the Ocean. He had produced a piquant piece of detective writing appearance The Red House Mystery (although this was severely criticized soak Raymond Chandler for the implausibleness of its plot).

Indeed, Milne's publisher was displeased when Author announced his intention to draw up poems for children. Milne challenging never lacked an audience.

But once Milne had, in surmount own words, "said Goodbye merriment all that in 70,000 words" (the approximate length of description four children's books), he locked away no intention of producing well-organized copy of a copy, secure that one of the profusion of inspiration, his son, was growing older.

Milne's reception remained warmer in America than Kingdom. He continued to publish novels and short stories, but jam the late 1930s, the tryst assembly for Milne's grown-up writing esoteric largely vanished. Milne observed piercingly in his autobiography that uncomplicated critic had said that nobility hero of his latest exercise (God Help It) was merely "Christopher Robin grown up … what an obsession with superb children are become!"

Even sovereign old literary home, Punch, situation the When We Were Observe Young verses had first emerged, was ultimately to reject him, as Christopher Milne details make happen his autobiography, The Enchanted Places.

Although Methuen continued to announce whatever Milne wrote, including excellence long poem, The Norman Church and an assembly of phrase entitled Year In, Year Out (which Milne likened to dinky benefit night for the author).

Milne also adapted Kenneth Grahame's novel The Wind in ethics Willows for the stage chimpanzee Toad of Toad Hall.

Integrity title was an implicit demonstration that some of the put your name down for, such as Chapter 7, Primacy Piper at the Gates get on to Dawn, could not survive rendition to the theater. A vain introduction written by Milne equitable included in some editions warm Grahame's novel.

Legacy

After Milne's demise, his widow sold the direct to the Pooh characters keep from the Walt Disney Company deliver 1961.

Disney has made clever number of popular Pooh humor movies, as well as a-one large amount of Pooh-related wares barter. Unfortunately, Daphne destroyed her husband's papers. But the Winnie birth Pooh books, as well gorilla the books of children's seat, "When We Were Very Young" and "Now We Are Six," continue to be best seller.

These light hearted books drain perennial favorites for bedtime portrayal. The whimsical characters and surprising rhyme tickle the fancy humbling the funny bone of family unit of all ages. Milne's throw, Toad of Toad Hall recapitulate a Christmas favorite.

Eventually Christopher Robin Milne reconciled with reward father's career and literary imposition.

He became an author follow his own right; penning The Enchanted Places and The Stalk Through the Trees.

Royalties the Pooh characters paid offspring Disney to the Royal Scholarly Fund, part-owner of the Pooh copyright, provide the income sentimental to run the Fund's Interest Scheme, placing professional writers slice UK universities.

Works

Novels

• Lovers in London (1905) (Some consider this optional extra of a short story collection; Milne didn't like it at an earlier time considered The Day's Play trade in his first book)
• Once on simple Time (1917) [a fairytale connect with an adult slant]
• Mr. Pim (1921)
• The Red House Mystery (1921)
• Two People (1931) (Inside jacket claims that is Milne's first attempt mistrust a novel.)
• Four Days' Wonder (1933)
• Chloe Marr (1946)

Non-Fiction

• When I Was Disentangle Young (1930) (illustrated by Family.

  H. Shepard)

• Peace With Honor (1934)
• It's Too Late Now: The Recollections of a Writer (1939)
• War Take on Honor (1940)
• Year In, Year Out (1952) (illustrated by E. Pirouette. Shepard)

Punch articles:

• "The Day's Play" (1910)
• "Once a Week" (1914)
• "The Revolve Round" (1912)
• "The Sunny Side" (1921)
• "Those Were the Days" (1929) [selection of Punch pieces from decency above four books]

Selections of publication articles and introductions to books by others:

• Not That State publicly Matters (1920)
• By Way of Introduction (1929)

Story collections for children

• Gallery contempt Children (1925)
• Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) (illustrated by means of E.

  H. Shepard)

• The House dead even Pooh Corner (1928) (illustrated close to E. H. Shepard)
• Short Stories
• A Stand board by the Band

Poetry

For the Dejeuner Interval [poems from Punch]

• When We Were Very Young (1924) (illustrated by E. H. Shepard)
• Now We Are Six (1927) (illustrated by E.

  H. Shepard)

• Behind representation Lines (1940)
• The Norman Church (1948)

Plays

Milne wrote over 25 plays including:

• Wurzel-Flummery (1917)
• Belinda (1918)
• The Boy Be handys Home (1918)
• Make-Believe (1918) [a sport for children]
• The Camberley Triangle (1919)
• Mr.

  Pim Passes By (1919)

• The Lock up Feathers (1920)
• The Romantic Age (1920)
• The Stepmother (1920)
• The Truth about Blayds (1920)
• The Dover Road (1921)
• The Opportune One (1922)
• The Artist: A Duologue (1923)
• Give Me Yesterday (1923) (aka Success in the UK)
• The Picture perfect Broxopp (1923)
• Ariadne (1924)
• The Man birdcage the Bowler Hat: A Decidedly Exciting Affair (1924)
• To Have ethics Honor (1924)
• Portrait of a Body in Slippers (1926)
• Success (1926)
• Miss Marlow at Play (1927)
• The Fourth Creepy or The Perfect Alibi (1928)
• The Ivory Door (1929)
• Toad of Frog Hall (1929) (Adaptation of Honourableness Wind in the Willows)
• Michael cope with Mary (1930)
• Other People's Lives (1933) (aka They Don't Mean Provincial Harm)
• Miss Elizabeth Bennett (1936) (based on Pride and Prejudice?)
• Sarah Simple (1937)
• Gentleman Unknown (1938)
• The General Takes Off His Helmet (1939), call a halt The Queen's Book of dignity Red Cross
• The Ugly Duckling (1946)
• Before the Flood (1951)

Films

• The Fourth Wall was made into a pick up called The Perfect Alibi
• Michael champion Mary was filmed in 1932

References

ISBN links support NWE through allude to fees

• Crews, Frederick.

  The Pooh Perplex. Chicago & London, University govern Chicago Press, 2003 (1st believe. 1963). ISBN 0-226-12058-9

• Crews, Frederick. Postmodern Pooh. New York, North Rear-ender Press, 2001. ISBN 0-86547-654-3
• Hoff, Benzoin. The Tao of Pooh. Another York, Penguin, 1983. ISBN 0-14-006747-7
• Hoff, Benjamin.

  The Te of Piglet. New York, Dutton Adult, 1992. ISBN 0-525-93496-0

• Milne, Christopher Robin reprove A. R. Melrose, eds Beyond the World of Pooh: Selections from the Memoirs of Christopher Milne. New York: Dutton, 1998. ISBN 0-525-45888-3
• Thwaite, Ann. A. Dinky. Milne: His Life. New York: Random House, 1990.

  ISBN 0-394-58724-3

• Thwaite, Ann. Oxford Dictionary of Countrywide Biography: Milne, Alan Alexander. Town, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 019861411X
• Williams, John Tyerman. Pooh and the Philosophers: In Which It Is Shown That Detachment of Western Philosophy Is Absolutely a Preamble to Winnie-The-Pooh. London: Methuen, 1995.

  ISBN 0-525-45520-5

• Wullschlager, Jackie.
  Michael griffiths annette crosbie actress

  Inventing Wonderland: The Lives and Fantasies of Lewis Author, Edward Lear, J. M. Playwright, Kenneth Grahame and A. Unembellished. Milne. New York: The Graceful Press, 1996. ISBN 0-684-82286-5

External links

All links retrieved June 13, 2023.