Milne, A. A.
Milne, A. A. , ( Alan Alexander Milne ) ( 1882 – 1956 ),educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a prolific author of plays, novels, poetry, short stories, and essays, all of which have been overshadowed by his children's books. After freelance work in London he became from 1906 to 1914 assistant editor of Punch ; and after the First World War began a successful career as playwright with Mr Pim Passes by ( 1919 ; pub. 1921 ), The Truth about Blayds ( 1921 ; pub. 1922 ), The Dover Road ( 1921 ; pub. 1922 ), and Toad of Toad Hall ( 1929 ; a dramatization of Grahame 's The Wind in the Willows). In 1924 his book of verses for children When We Were Very Young was immediately successful, outdone only by the phenomenal and abiding success of Winnie-the-Pooh ( 1926 ). Further popular verses, Now We Are Six ( 1927 ), were...
[The entire page is 174 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Oxford University Press Titles
