Which hymn, written by Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965, was the inspiration for a 'top ten' hit of 1972?
Eleanor Farjeon 1965. She is buried in the north churchyard extension of St John-at-Hampstead. The Children's Book Circle, a society of publishers, present the Eleanor Farjeon Award annually to individuals or organisations whose commitment and contribution to children's books is deemed to be outstanding. Her work is cited as an influence by the Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. Today Eleanor Farjeon's most widely known work is the children's hymn "Morning has Broken", written in 1931 to an old Gaelic tune associated with the Scottish village Bunessan. Her other popular hymn is the Advent carol "People, Look East!", usually sung to an old French
Eleanor Farjeon Eleanor Farjeon Eleanor Farjeon ( – ) 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. Eleanor Farjeon was born in Strand, London on 13 February 1881. The daughter of popular novelist Benjamin Farjeon and Maggie (Jefferson) Farjeon, Eleanor