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Eleanor Farjeon

1881 - 1965

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eleanor Farjeon is the 4,719th most popular writer (up from 4,994th in 2019), the 3,704th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,662nd in 2019) and the 401st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Eleanor Farjeon ranks 4,719 out of 7,302. Before her are Benoîte Groult, Wang Guowei, Jan Kjærstad, Miljenko Jergović, Valentín Paz-Andrade, and František Langer. After her are Saadat Hasan Manto, Hervé Le Tellier, Itzik Feffer, Robert Greene, Aleardo Aleardi, and Natalya Baranskaya.

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Among people born in 1881, Eleanor Farjeon ranks 176. Before her are Otto Toeplitz, Alexander Kanoldt, John Svanberg, Yngvar Bryn, Juan José de Amézaga, and Clive Bell. After her are Eugen Bolz, Jess Willard, Jim Bellamy, Smedley Butler, Abram Deborin, and Eetje Sol. Among people deceased in 1965, Eleanor Farjeon ranks 151. Before her are Eric Backman, Joaquín Vázquez, Aimée Antoinette Camus, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, John Miller, and František Langer. After her are Urho Castrén, Pietro Bianchi, Edgar Barth, Eetje Sol, Renzo Minoli, and Tommaso Lequio di Assaba.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eleanor Farjeon ranks 3,705 out of 8,785. Before her are Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), Patrick Steptoe (1913), Mark Gatiss (1966), William Knox D'Arcy (1849), Clive Bell (1881), and Terry Griffiths (1947). After her are Clifford Curzon (1907), Sophie (1986), Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (1997), John Steel (1941), Vic Buckingham (1915), and Alicia Markova (1910).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eleanor Farjeon ranks 401. Before her are Isaac Watts (1674), George Crabbe (1754), Amelia Edwards (1831), Richard Pococke (1704), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), and Reynold A. Nicholson (1868). After her are Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), Joe Abercrombie (1974), Thomas Middleton (1580), Quentin Crisp (1908), Henri Alleg (1921), and John Mawe (1764).

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