Farjeon, Eleanor, 1881-1965
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Name (Hebrew)
פרז'ן, אלינור, 1881-1965
Name (Latin)
Farjeon, Eleanor, 1881-1965
Other forms of name
פרג'ן, אלנור, 1881-1965
פארג'ן, אלנור בת בנימין
Date of birth
1881
Date of death
1965
Place of birth
London (England)
Place of death
London (England)
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Children's literature
Occupation
Women authors
Women poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Biographical or Historical Data
מקום לידה: לונדון
מקום לידה: London
תאריך לידה עברי: יד אדר תרמ"א [13.2.1881]
מקום פטירה: לונדון
מקום פטירה: London
תאריך פטירה עברי: ה סיון תשכ"ה [5.6.1965].
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Her Nursery rhymes of London town ... 1916.
- Sharp, H.S. Hndbk. of pseudonyms and personal nicknames, 1972(Tomfool is pseud. of Farjeon, Eleanor)
- Contemporary authors on Infotrac, June 16, 2005(Eleanor Farjeon; b. Feb. 13, 1881, London, England, d. June 5, 1965)
- Record enhanced with data from Bibliography of the Hebrew Book database
- Twentieth Century Authors, N.Y. 1942
- New York Times, 6.6.1965.
- אריאל אופק, עולם צעיר, רמת-גן 1970, עמ' 595-597
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Wikipedia description:
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.
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