Which English writer has been awarded the Tata Literature Lifetime Achievement Award?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond, who writes in English from Mussoorie, received the Lifetime Achievement Award of Tata Literature Live!, the Mumbai literature festival, which honours a writer for a whole body of work.
He is known for stories for children and short fiction set in the hills, such as The Room on the Roof, The Blue Umbrella and Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award.