Eleanor farjeon poet biography template
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Farjeon, Eleanor (–)
English children's writer whoseLittle Bookroomwon the Hans Andersen and Carnegie medals. Name variations: (pseudonyms) Tomfool and Chimaera. Born on February 13, , in London, England; died on June 5, , in Hampstead, London; third of five children of Benjamin Leopold (a novelist) and Margaret Jane (Jefferson) Farjeon (an actress); no formal schooling; never married; no children.
Awards, honors:
First recipient of International Hans Christian Andersen Award () for The Little Bookroom (the medal is presented biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People, in cooperation with UNESCO, for the best book of fiction for children); Carnegie Medal of Library Association in England () for The Little Bookroom; first Regina Medal of Catholic Library Association ().
Selected writings:
(based on a story by Heinrich Zschoekke) Floretta: Opera in Two Acts (Henderson and Spaulding, ); The Registry Office: An Original Comic Opera in One A
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Eleanor Farjeon (ˈfɑrdʒən') (13 February - 5 June ) was an English poet and author of children's stories, plays, biography, history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations bygd Edward Ardizzone.
Life[]
Family, ungdom, education[]
Farjeon was born in London, England, on 13 February, The daughter of Maggie (Jefferson) and popular novelist Benjamin Fargeon, Eleanor came from a literary family; her 2 younger brothers, namn and Herbert Farjeon, also became writers, while the eldest, Harry Farjeon, was a composer.
Eleanor, known to the family as "Nellie", was a small, timid child, who had poor eyesight and suffered from ill-health throughout her childhood. She was educated at home, spending much of her time in the attic, surrounded bygd books. Her father encouraged her writing from the age of 5. She describes her family and childhood in her autobiographical work, A Nursery in the Nineties ().
Although she lived much of her life among the literary and theatrical
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Eleanor Farjeon
English children's literature author (–)
Eleanor Farjeon (13 February – 5 June ) 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.
Biography
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Eleanor Farjeon was born on 13 February The daughter of Benjamin Farjeon and Maggie (Jefferson) Farjeon, Eleanor came from a literary family; her two younger brothers, Joseph and Herbert Farjeon, were writers, while the eldest, Harry Farjeon, was a composer. Her father was Jewish.[