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

1. Jones, Lawrence. "Alan Edward Mulgan". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
2. "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post CXIX (105). 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
3. 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