A A Milne Bio. Milne biography alan alexander milne was a 20th century english playwright and children s book author. Alan alexander milne was born in kilburn london to parents john vine milne who was born in england and sarah marie milne née heginbotham and grew up at henley house school 6 7 mortimer road now crescent kilburn a small independent school run by his father.
Milne attended westminster school and trinity. However once his winnie the pooh books arrived on the scene milne s name was forever associated with children s. It was so popular milne wrote a host of pooh books and poetry volumes over the next three years.
In october 1952 alan had a stroke which left him invalid more than three years before he breathed his last on january 31 1956.
Winnie the pooh was published by methuen on october 14th 1926 the verses now we are six in 1927 and the house at pooh corner in 1928. Milne s father ran a private school where one of the boy s teachers was a young h g. His nature defied labels such as writer of children s literature even. Milne 1882 1956 worked as an essayist a playwright a poet and an adult novelist in addition to his important contribution as an author of juvenile books.
