In 1929 he wrote a stage adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book The Wind in the Willows, titled Toad of Toad Hall. He also penned a detective novel titled The Red House Mystery, published in 1922. Pim Passes By (1921) and The Dover Road (1921), were enthusiastically received by critics and audiences. His comedies of the early 1920s, including Mr. After the war, he achieved success as a playwright. Wartime Service and Literary Successĭespite being a pacifist, in 1915, Milne served in World War I, enlisting in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and then working in the Royal Corps of Signals.ĭuring his military service, Milne had written his first play, a one-act farce titled Wurzel-Flummery. He began writing for the literary magazine Punch in 1906, and his essays and humorous poetry were published in the magazine through 1914. Realizing that writing was his true vocation, he moved to London after his graduation in 1903.

While at Cambridge, he studied mathematics and also edited and wrote for the student magazine Granta. Milne was educated at Westminster School in London and at the University of Cambridge's Trinity College. He and his two older brothers were raised in London by their parents, Sarah Marie (née Heginbotham) and John Vine Milne, the headmaster of a private school named Henley House. Milne was born Alan Alexander Milne on January 18, 1882, in London, England. His best-known works are his two collections of children's poetry, When We Were Young and Now We Are Six, and his two books of stories about the lovable bear Winnie-the-Pooh and his animal friends. Milne began a successful career as a novelist, poet and playwright in the 1920s. After attending the University of Cambridge's Trinity College and writing for the literary magazines Granta and Punch, A.A.

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