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Cora Kennedy Aitken (1898-1959)

* Her first published work was a poem, "The Manxman", in the August 1924 edition of the Manx Quarterly, a literary magazine.

* Her poem "Isle of Man" set to music became the official Manx national song.

* She had a short story published in Manx Life, "When the Boats went back to Peel" in 1925 which included Manx Gaelic text.

* Her first novel, *Nocturne*, was published by Jonathan Cape in 1927 set on the Isle of Man.

* She wrote *Shadow on the House*, a biography of her grandfather, also set on the Isle of Man.

* Her 1931 *Goodbye, Summer*, was written whilst living in a lighthouse on the Irish Sea.

* She wrote *No Resting Places* (1934).

* Her novel, *The Black Pilgrimage*, was published by Hutchinson & Co. (London) in 1938.

* In 1941, she published her novel, *The Island People*, also published by Hutchinson.

* *Mannin Grey*, a collection of short stories and legends from the Isle of Man, was published in 1950.

* Her book of poetry *Isle of Man* was published in 1956.

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