Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1888-10-14
Death 1923-06-09
New Zealanders,
English,

Biographical notes:

Katherine Mansfield was born in New Zealand, and also lived in England. During her Bohemian and rather brief life, she made significant contributions to the art of short story writing as a major 20th century writer. Her fiction is characterized by crisp metaphorical prose, a graceful yet inescapable sense of irony, and, above all, a unique and irresistible degree of observation.

From the description of Katherine Mansfield letters, 1913. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50564359

English writer.

From the description of Letters, 1917-1922, to Lady Ottoline Morrell. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500061

British short story writer and critic.

Born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp in Wellington, New Zealand in 1888, Katherine Mansfield was educated in England at Queen's College and returned there in 1908 to write. Married to English critic John Middleton Murry in 1918, she had a wide circle of creative friends, including the artist Dorothy Brett and artistic patron Lady Ottoline Morrell. Mansfield died of tuberculosis at age 34 in 1923.

From the description of Katherine Mansfield papers, 1903-1942. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 45323165

British short story writer and critic.

Born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp in Wellington, New Zealand in 1888, Katherine Mansfield was educated in England at Queen's College and returned to London from New Zealand in 1908 to write. Married to English critic John Middleton Murry in 1918, Mansfield had a wide circle of creative friends including Virginia and Leonard Woolf, the artist Dorothy Brett, and artistic patron Lady Ottoline Morrell. She died of tuberculosis at age 34 in 1923.

From the description of Katherine Mansfield papers - additions, 1910-1938. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 45323391

Links to collections

Comparison

This is only a preview comparison of Constellations. It will only exist until this window is closed.

  • Added or updated
  • Deleted or outdated

Information

Permalink:
SNAC ID:

Subjects:

  • Executors and administrators
  • Authors, Russian
  • Copyright
  • English literature
  • Female friendship
  • Manuscripts
  • Short stories, English
  • Women authors, English
  • Women authors, New Zealand
  • Women authors, New Zealand
  • Women poets, English

Occupations:

not available for this record

Places:

  • England (as recorded)
  • England (as recorded)
  • Wellington (N.Z.) (as recorded)

SNAC Cooperative Logo

Social Networks and Archival Context

SNAC is a discovery service for persons, families, and organizations found within archival collections at cultural heritage institutions.

Sponsors

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Endowment for the Humanities

Hosts

University of Virginia Library
National Archives and Records Administration