Ena Fitzgerald

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Ena Fitzgerald MacMillan
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(1922)
Born
Georgina Fitzgerald-Galaher

(1889-10-05)5 October 1889
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Died10 January 1962(1962-01-10) (aged 72)
Pen nameEna Fitzgerald
Occupation
  • journalist
  • writer
PeriodEdwardian era
Genre
  • novels
  • poems
  • short stories
Notable worksPatcola
Spouse
James Alison Macmillan
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(m. 1925)​
RelativesEdward FitzGerald

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.[1][2] Her novel, Patcola, received considerable praise as being the first work of a teenager.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

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Georgina Fitzgerald-Galaher was born on 5 October 1889, near Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was the only child of Rev. George Fitzgerald-Galaher, M.A., litterateur (formerly of Dublin), by his second marriage.[1] Her mother was from Yorkshire.[6] She was a descendant of Edward FitzGerald, the translator of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.[3]

She was educated in the Isle of Wight.[1]

Career

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Under the name of "Ena Fitzgerald",[7] 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.[1] And the Stars Fought, an Isle of Wight romance, came out in 1912.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

Her poems were published in Arnell's Poets of the Wight (1922)[1] and C. F. Forshaw's Pearls of Poesy (1911).[11] She also contributed magazine articles,[1] to the Chicago Tribune (Paris edition), Liverpool Post, Yorkshire Evening Post,[12] Dancing Times,[13] and others.

In 1926–29, Fitzgerald served as the editor of Yorkshire Homes, published by Gordon Chambers, County Homes Journals, Ltd.[12] She was a correspondent for the Drapers' Record and Men's Wear and Yorkshire correspondent to the Dancing Times.[5][6] Beginning in 1946, she was a correspondent for New Theatre Magazine.[12] Fitzgerald served as honorary secretary of the Yorkshire District Institute of Journalists.[14]

Fitzgerald gave lectures, and was the first woman to be a member of the Isle of Wight Aero Club.[15]

Personal life

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In 1911, she was living at Newport,[11] in Shanklin in 1913,[15] and in Wroxall in 1922.[1] Two years later, her address was: Hotel D'Angleterre, 38 Faubourg St Honore, Paris.[16]

In 1925, she married the engineer James Alison Macmillan,[17] F.C.W.A.,[5] in Croydon, Surrey.[18]

A widow,[5] Georgina Fitzgerald MacMillan died 10 January 1962.[2][19]

Selected works

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Novels

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  • 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

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  • "Questions"
  • "Marching Song"
  • "The Exile - Serbia's Sorrow"

References

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