Alan Edward Mulgan
Alan Edward Mulgan OBE (18 May 1881 – 29 August 1962) was a notable New Zealand journalist, writer and broadcaster. He was born in Katikati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand on 18 May 1881,[1] and died in Lower Hutt.
In 1935, Mulgan was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[2] In the 1947 New Year Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature, journalsim and broadcasting.[3]
His father was Edward Ker Mulgan. Alan's elder son John Mulgan was also a writer and journalist.
Published works
- The New Zealand Citizen: An Elementary Account of the Citizen's Rights and Duties and the Work of Government (with E.K. Mulgan) (1914, and later editions)
- Three Plays of New Zealand (1922)
- Maori & Pakeha: A History of New Zealand (with A.W. Shrimpton) (1922, and later editions)
- The English of the Line and Other Verses (1925)
- New Zealand, Country and People: An Account of the Country and Its People (with Constance Clyde) (1925, and later editions)
- Home: A New Zealander's Adventure (1927, and later editions)
- Golden Wedding (1932)
- Spur of Morning (1934)
- Building in New Zealand: The Architect and His Service (1934)
- A Pilgrim's Way in New Zealand (1935)
- Aldebaran and Other Verses (1937)
- The City of the Strait: Wellington and Its Province: A Centennial History (1939)
- First with the Sun (1939)
- Literature and Authorship in New Zealand (1943)
- From Track to Highway: A Short History of New Zealand (1944)
- Literature and Landscape in New Zealand (1946)
- Pastoral New Zealand: Its Riches and Its People: A Descriptive Survey of the Dominion's Farming (1946)
- The Māori in Picture: A Brief Survey of Māori Life Past and Present (1948)
- A Book of Australian and New Zealand Verse (edited, with Walter Murdoch) (1950)
- New Zealand Railways: Romance and Story (1954)
- The Making of a New Zealander (1958)
- Great Days in New Zealand Writing (1962)
- Golden Wedding, and Other Poems (1964)
References
- ↑ Jones, Lawrence. "Alan Edward Mulgan". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. CXIX (105). 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37836. p. 32. 1 January 1947. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
External links
- Alan E. Mulgan's Australian theatre credits at AusStage
- Catalogue of National Library of New Zealand
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