Christopher Robin Milne (1920

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Biography

Christopher Robin Milne was an English author and bookseller and the only child of author A. A. Milne. As a child, he was the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh stories and in two books of poems.

Timeline

The story of Christopher Robin Milne, told in moments.

1926 Event

Winnie-the-Pooh was published. His stuffed animals became world-famous. The real Christopher Robin was already uncomfortable with the attention. "I never dreamed it would be like this."

When did the attention stop being fun? Did you blame the books or your father?

1947 Life

After serving in WWII and being wounded in Italy, he opened a bookshop in Dartmouth, Devon, with his wife. He deliberately distanced himself from his father's work.

Was the bookshop your way of escaping your father's shadow? Did the war give you an identity apart from Pooh?

1974 Event

Published The Enchanted Places, a memoir about growing up as the real Christopher Robin. He wrote of the bullying at school and his complicated feelings about his father's fame.

Was writing that memoir an act of forgiveness or accusation? Did the bullying ever fully heal?

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