Alan Mulgan

Alan Mulgan
Mulgan in 1926
Born(1881-05-18)18 May 1881
Katikati, New Zealand
Died29 August 1962(1962-08-29) (aged 81)
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Known forJournalist, writer and broadcaster
SpouseMarguerita Blomfield Pickmere
Children3
RelativesEdward Mulgan (father)
John Mulgan (son)

Alan Edward Mulgan OBE (18 May 1881 29 August 1962) was a New Zealand journalist, writer and broadcaster. He was born in Katikati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, of Protestant Irish parents, on 18 May 1881, and died in Lower Hutt.

In 1935, Mulgan was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. In the 1947 New Year Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature, journalism and broadcasting.

His father was Edward Ker Mulgan. Alan's elder son John Mulgan was also a writer and journalist.