About Ena Fitzgerald
Lived 1889 – 1962 (aged 72). Ena Fitzgerald was a British writer, novelist, poet, short story writer, magazine editor and journalist.
Ena Fitzgerald was the pen name of Georgina Fitzgerald-Galaher (after marriage, Georgina Fitzgerald MacMillan; 1889–1962), an English journalist and author. She served as the editor of various magazines and was a correspondent for various newspapers. Earlier in life, she wrote novels, poems, and short stories. Her novel, Patcola, received considerable praise as being the first work of a teenager.
She was educated in the Isle of Wight. she published Patcola : An Indian Romance, written at the age of 17, and published in 1908. This was followed by The Witch Queen of Khem : the Tale of a Wrong made Right (1909), a romance story of Egypt. Both books were well received by very critics in Great Britain, India, Egypt, Australia, and South Africa.
Fitzgerald contributed to children's literature with short stories for In the Lion's Mouth and Where Duty Calls or Danger, which were a series of books for children, edited by Alfred Henry Miles. She contributed the short story, "War Scouots at Tripoli" to With Hunter, Trapper and Scout in Camp and Field, another book in the A. H. Miles series.
Her poems were published in Arnell's Poets of the Wight (1922) She also contributed magazine articles, and others.
In 1926–29, Fitzgerald served as the editor of Yorkshire Homes, published by Gordon Chambers, County Homes Journals, Ltd. She was a correspondent for the Drapers' Record and Men's Wear and Yorkshire correspondent to the Dancing Times. Beginning in 1946, she was a correspondent for New Theatre Magazine.
Fitzgerald gave lectures, and was the first woman to be a member of the Isle of Wight Aero Club.
Personal life In 1911, she was living at Newport,
In 1925, she married the engineer James Alison Macmillan, F.C.W.A., in Croydon, Surrey.
A widow,
Selected works Novels Patcola: A Tale of a Dead City (1908) The Witch Queen of Khem: A Tale of a Wrong Made Right, (1909) And the Stars Fought: A Romance (1912)
Poems "Questions" "Marching Song" "The Exile - Serbia's Sorrow"
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Who was Ena Fitzgerald?
Edwardian era English novelist, poet, short story writer (1889-1962)
When was Ena Fitzgerald born?
Ena Fitzgerald was born on 5 October 1889 in Cowes.
When did Ena Fitzgerald die?
Ena Fitzgerald died on 10 January 1962.
What was Ena Fitzgerald's occupation?
Ena Fitzgerald was a writer, novelist, poet, short story writer, magazine editor and journalist.
What nationality was Ena Fitzgerald?
Ena Fitzgerald was British.
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