Eleanor Farjeon
Novelist, Author
1881 – 1965
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Who was Eleanor Farjeon?
Eleanor Farjeon 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 the thriller writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon.
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- Born
- Feb 13, 1881
London - Also known as
- Nellie
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Judaism
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- England
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 5, 1965
Hampstead
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on July 23, 2013
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