A. A. Milne
18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956
1,649 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London and went to school at a small independent school run by his father, John Vine Milne. He went to Westminster School and studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was married in 1913, and then joined the British Army in World War I. In 1920, his son, Christopher Robin Milne, was born. In 1925, Milne moved to a country home called Cotchford Farm in Hartfield, East Sussex.
Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne's most famous work, was published in 1926. Although he had his greatest success with his books for children, he stopped writing works for children by the end of the decade, saying that the source of his inspiration for children's stories, his son, had grown older. He continued to write works for adults, although he was frustrated to find that these works were not nearly as popular as his children's books.
Milne retired to Cotchford Farm after a stroke and brain surgery in 1952 left him an invalid, and he died in 1956.
Also published as: Alan Alexander Milne
Most-read books
Winnie-the-Pooh
4.2 · 1925 · 488 want to read
The Red House Mystery
4.5 · 1922 · 295 want to read
The Tao of Pooh
3.6 · 1982 · 117 want to read
Winnie-the-Pooh / The House at Pooh Corner
4.8 · 1926 · 119 want to read
Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees
4 · 1975 · 127 want to read
The House at Pooh Corner
4.4 · 1925 · 93 want to read
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
4 · 2002 · 101 want to read
When we were very young
4.3 · 1924 · 95 want to read
Winnie-the-Pooh
5 · 1986 · 44 want to read
The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time
1998 · 48 want to read
Now we are six
4.5 · 1925 · 32 want to read
Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place
4 · 1987 · 36 want to read
I'm glad you're my friend
4.3 · 1993 · 32 want to read
Tigger Comes to the Forest and Has Breakfast
1968 · 25 want to read
The ugly duckling
5 · 1941 · 20 want to read
Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole
4 · 1981 · 22 want to read
The Book of Children's Classics
1997 · 21 want to read
Winnie-the-Pooh / The House at Pooh Corner / When We Were Very Young / Now We Are Six
3.5 · 1961 · 14 want to read
Walt Disney's The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
4 · 1997 · 19 want to read
Poems (Now We Are Six / When We Were Very Young)
4.7 · 1958 · 13 want to read
Once upon a time
4.5 · 1907 · 17 want to read
The Kingfisher book of great boy stories
1 · 2000 · 14 want to read
Winnie-the-Pooh's Opposites
4 · 1995 · 12 want to read
Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents
4 · 1975 · 15 want to read