Eleanor Farjeon
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Eleanor Farjeon was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire.
Eleanor Farjeon, c. 1899
Farjeon's grave, St John at Hampstead, London
Verse by Eleanor Farjeon, on a song sheet for children
The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are two literary awards given by the International Board on Books for Young People, recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their "lasting contr
Eleanor Farjeon
…Farjeon (1966). During the 1950s, she received three major literary awards. Both the 1955 Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the inaugural Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1956 cited The Little Bookroom. The inaugural Regina Medal in 1959 from the U.S.-based Catholic Library Association marks her "continued, distinguished…
Gianni Rodari, who received the 1970 award
Jacqueline Woodson received the award in 2020
Farshid Mesghali, the 1974 recipient