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Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. [ 1 ] Several of her works had illustrations by Edward Ardizzone .
One room in the house of her childhood was called "the little bookroom", Farjeon explains in the Author's Note. Although there were many books all over the house, this dusty room was like an untended garden, full to the ceiling of stray, left-over books, opening "magic casements" on to other times and places for the young Eleanor, filling her mind with a silver-cobwebby mixture of fact, fancy ...
The hymn originally appeared in the second edition of Songs of Praise (published in 1931), to the tune "Bunessan", composed in the Scottish Islands.In Songs of Praise Discussed, the editor, Percy Dearmer, explains that as there was need for a hymn to give thanks for each day, English poet and children's author Eleanor Farjeon had been "asked to make a poem to fit the lovely Scottish tune."
The Eleanor Farjeon Award is made for distinguished service to the world of British children's books and is given to someone whose commitment and contribution is deemed to be outstanding. Founded in 1966, it is presented annually in memory of the celebrated author Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965).
Farjeon is a surname that may refer to: Annabel Farjeon (1919–2004), British ballerina and author; Benjamin Farjeon (1838–1903), British novelist, playwright, printer and journalist; Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965), English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire; Harry Farjeon (1878–1948), British composer
At Herbert Farjeon we list the same four collaborations by brother and sister: Kings and Queens (1932), The Two Bouquets (1938), An Elephant in Arcady (1939), and The Glass Slipper (1944). There we call them simply "books" without hint of any public performance or hint what kind of books.
Dec. 15—As a young girl growing up in Indiana and actively searching for role models outside her small town, Angela Beauchamp watched an award-winning 1976 television miniseries, Eleanor and ...
Eleanor Farjeon, who was involved with Edward Thomas, also visited. The group published their own quarterly, titled New Numbers , containing poems such as Brooke's " The Soldier ", published in 1915.