Eleanor Farjeon
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English children's writer
Key facts
- Born
- Eleanor Farjeon , ( 1881-02-13 ) 13 February 1881, Strand, London , England
- Died
- 5 June 1965 (1965-06-05) (aged 84), Hampstead , London, England
- Pen name
- Tomfool, Merry Andrew, Chimaera
- Period
- 1908–58
- Genre
- Children literature
- Notable works
- Morning Has Broken
- Notable awards
- Carnegie Medal , 1955 , Hans Christian Andersen Award , 1956 , Regina Medal , 1956
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eleanor
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Hampstead
- Father
- Benjamin Farjeon
- Occupation
- playwright
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Award
- Regina Medal
- Notable work
- Morning Has Broken
- Field of work
- prose
- Image
- Eleanor Farjeon (Элеанор Фарджон).jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- date of birth
- 1881-02-13
- date of death
- 1965-06-05
- start of work period
- 1899-00-00
- Commons category
- Eleanor Farjeon
- name in native language
- Eleanor Farjeon
- pseudonym
- Tomfool
- relative
- Joseph Jefferson
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- P12749
- Fulhorn
Sources (13)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Eleanor Farjeon, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire.
Several of her works had illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children's Book Circle, a society of publishers. She was the sister of thriller writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon and composer Harry Farjeon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eleanor Farjeon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.