Author
(A.A. Milne)
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A.A. Milne was born on January 18, 1882. He was brought up in London, England. He went to his father's school called Henley House. His full name is Alan Alexander Milne. He had two brothers named David Barrett Milne and Kenneth John Milne. Alan's inspiration to start writing came from his teacher H.G. Wells. After Hensley House, Alan went to Westminster School, then to Cambridge fallowing a mathematics scholarship. |
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Kenneth and Alan were published in The Granta and then formed a partnership writing light verse. Ten years later, Kenneth left the partnership and Alan became the editor of Granta (this was one of his life long ambitions). Alan's father had decided that when Alan and his brothers were done with school, each would receive one thousand pounds. Alan took his money and moved to London to start a career as an author. When he spent all his money, Alan was forced to become a freelance writer for a local newspaper. |
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In 1905, Alan's first book Lovers in London, which proved to be a failure, was published. Alan decided to buy back the copyright for five pounds to prevent a reprint when he became a famous writer. He took a job for "Punch" writing articles. His money situation became stable again and Alan decided to write another book. Owen Seamen (owner of 'Punch') told Alan to wait and he offered him a job of assistant editor. Meanwhile, Alan started to write his second book, "The Days Play". |
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One day, Owen introduced his goddaughter, Dorothy De Selincourt, to Alan. Alan and Dorothy were married in 1913. In 1915, Alan volunteered for war. He trained and became Signal ling officer. While he was being trained, he wrote his first play called, "Wurzel-Flummery". Alan was released from the army in February 14, 1919. On the August 21, 1920, Christopher Milne was born. Alan then decided to write a children's book entitled "When We Were Young" (published in 1924). From there, "Winnie the Pooh" was written. Alan was inspired by his son's toys to write "The House at Pooh Corner". Alan claimed that it would be his last book, but it wasn't. He realized that writing was his dream and in 1929, he wrote "Toad of Toad Hall". His last book published was called "Year In, Year Out" in 1952. It was a big success. In October 1952, Alan had a stroke. The doctor say that for the next three years, Alan would have to live his life as an invalid, with the truth that his son resented him for his stories. Christopher hardily went to see his father while he was sick and on his death bed. On January 31, 1956, A.A. Milne died. On February 10 of that year, London held a memorial service in honor of A.A. Milne. That was the last time Christopher saw his mother. Fifteen years later, Christopher's mother died. In 1961, before Christopher's mother died, she sold film rights to Disney. Disney created what we see today as the Winnie The Pooh animated stories. |
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