Eleanor Farjeon
February 13, 1881 – June 05, 1965
Place of Birth:
Strand, London, England
Place of Death:
Hampstead, London, England
Eleanor Farjeon (1881-02-13 – death date:1965.6.5) 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.