British writer Alan Alexander Milne He was born on January 18, 1882 in London, England. The English writer and humorist was the creator of the immensely popular stories of Christopher Robin and his toy bear, Winnie the Pooh.
The father of Milne He ran a private school, where one of the boy’s teachers was the then young HG Wells. Milne He then attended Westminster School in London, and Trinity College in Cambridge, in the latter, on a mathematics scholarship. While at Cambridge, he edited and wrote for the magazine Granta. He graduated with a degree in mathematics in 1903 and subsequently moved to London to work as a freelance writer. In 1906 he joined the staff at Punch (where he worked until 1914), writing humorous verses and whimsical essays.
He married in 1913 and in 1915, although he was a pacifist, he joined the service during World War I, as a signaling officer. He served briefly in France, but fell ill and was sent home. He was discharged in 1919.
When he was not hired again by the Punch, Milne he turned his attention to theatrical writing. He achieved considerable success with a series of light comedies, including the Mr. Pim Passes By (1921) and Michael and Mary (1930). He also wrote a memorable detective novel, The Red House Mystery (1922), and the children’s play, Make-Believe (1918), before discovering his true literary horizon thanks to some verses written by his son, Christopher Robin. These became the collections When we were very young (1924) and Now we are six (1927). Even today they are still classic verses for children.
Despite the success of Milne as a playwright, only these verses and his two sets of stories about the adventures of Christopher Robin and his toy animals – Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Owl and Eeyore the donkey – reported in Winnie the pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928) survived into the 21st century. Ernest Shepard’s illustrations also added considerable charm.
After the death of Milne On January 31, 1956, his widow sold her rights to the Pooh characters to Stephen Slesinger. Upon his death, his widow in turn sold these rights to the Walt Disney Company, which has made many films based on the Pooh cartoon, a television show on the Disney Channel, as well as various articles related to Pooh.