About Ellen Margaret Scanlan
Lived 1882 – 1968 (aged 86). Ellen Margaret Scanlan was a New Zealand novelist and freelance journalist.
Ellen Margaret Scanlan (15 January 1882 – 5 October 1968) was a New Zealand journalist and novelist. Her most famous novels were the Pencarrow series of four novels, published between 1932 and 1939.
Early life Scanlan was born in Picton, New Zealand, in 1882, one of the three children of Michael and Ellen (née Kiely) Scanlan. The family later moved to Blenheim and Scanlan attended the convent school there. Pencarrow was published in 1932, followed by Tides of Youth (1933), Winds of Heaven (1934) and Kelly Pencarrow(1939). The novels were republished a number of times during the 1940s and 1950s and their popularity led to her place as the most popular New Zealand novelist of her generation. Scanlan died of a heart attack in Wellington in 1968, aged 86,
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Who was Ellen Margaret Scanlan?
Journalist, novelist
When was Ellen Margaret Scanlan born?
Ellen Margaret Scanlan was born on 15 January 1882 in Picton.
When did Ellen Margaret Scanlan die?
Ellen Margaret Scanlan died on 5 October 1968 in Wellington.
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Ellen Margaret Scanlan was a novelist and freelance journalist.
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Ellen Margaret Scanlan was New Zealand.
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