English writer. He is best known as the author of
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and
The House at Pooh Corner (1928), based on the teddy bear and other toys of his son Christopher Robin, with illustrations by E H Shepard. He also wrote children's verse, including
When We Were Very Young (1924) and
Now We Are Six (1927). He was an accomplished dramatist whose plays included
Wurzel-Flummery (1917),
Mr Pim Passes By (1920),
The Dover Road (1922), and
Toad of Toad Hall (1929), an adaptation of Kenneth
Grahame's The Wind in the Willows.
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