Conlon-McKenna, Marita
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Name (Latin)
Conlon-McKenna, Marita
Name (Arabic)
كونلون-مكينا، ماريتا
Other forms of name
McKenna, Marita Conlon-
مكينا، ماريتا كونلون
كونلون، ماريتا
Date of birth
1956
Field of activity
Children's literature
Fiction
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Her website, May 6, 2019(Marita also writes women's fiction ; Marita lives in Dublin)
- Wikipedia, May 6, 2019(Marita Conlon-McKenna (born 1956) is an Irish children's writer. Conlon-McKenna was born in Dublin and raised in Goatstown.)
- Her Under the hawthorn tree, 1990:CIP t.p. (Marita Conlon-McKenna)
- تحت شجرة الزعرور، 2004:صفحة العنوان (ماريتا كونلون-مكينا)
Wikipedia description:
Marita Conlon-McKenna (born 5 November 1956) is an Irish author of children's books and adult fiction. She is best known for her Famine-era historical children's book Under the Hawthorn Tree, the first book of the Children of the Famine trilogy, which was published in 1990 and achieved immediate success. Praised for its child-accessible yet honest depiction of the Great Famine, Under the Hawthorn Tree has been translated into over a dozen languages and is taught in classrooms worldwide. Conlon-McKenna went on to be a prolific writer and has published over 20 books for both young readers and adults. Her debut adult novel Magdalen was published in 1999.
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