katherine mansfield: life & work

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Katherine

Mansfeld

Lie & WorkAnna Steele Rice - 1918



Importance•

A ne st!le o ritin" co#pled ithan #ncon$entional liest!le%

• In#ence on se$eral a#thors and the

literat#re o her time and there ater%• 'op#larit! o her ritin" a(ected the

mindset o those in her time%

Katherine as a )e-*ealander

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• Katherine as ,orn on cto,er 1.th 1888 in Wellin"ton/ )e *ealand/ intoa Middle-0lass 0olonial amil!%

• +orn as Kathleen Mansfeld+ea#champ/ one o si children%

• 2er mother as the delicate and aloo

Annie 3!er4 her ather/ 2arold+ea#champ/ a cann! and s#ccess#l,#sinessman%



• She ent to Wellin"tons 5irl6s 0olle"e4 MissSainson7s pri$ate school in ither,ert :errace and the ;#een6s 0olle"e in <n"land%

•2er frst stor! as p#,lished hen she asnine !ears old%

• 2er frst p#,lished stories appeared in the2i"h School Reporter and Wellin"ton 5irls

2i"h School Ma"aine in 1898%

• Most o her most amo#s pieces came in thefnal and most tra"ic !ears o her lie



• 3isill#sioned ith her childhood/ she ,e"anritin" stories a,o#t her eperiences in )e*ealand and her $ies on the treatment o Maoripeople% She then mo$ed to London in 19=>/ here

she enrolled to ;#een7s 0olle"e%• It as here she pla!ed the cello and occasionall!

started ritin" articles or the #ni$ersit!nespaper% +eteen 19=> and 19=?/ she to#red

<#rope and as mainl! enamored ,! 5erman!and +el"i#m%

• olloin" her "rad#ation/ she ret#rned to )e*ealand in 19=? and started ritin" short stories%



• She had se$eral o her stories and articlesp#,lished in a local A#stralian p#,lication/@)ati$e 0ompanion7% :his as not onl! her frst$ent#re as a proessional riter/ ,#t it as alsothe frst time she #sed the pen name/ @KMansfeld7%

• She ret#rned to London in 19=8 and asin$ol$ed in a t#m#lt#o#s lo$e a(air/ hich ledto a ,rie halt in her career% Aro#nd this time/she "ot pre"nant and had a da#"hter in+a$aria/ 5erman!/ a place hich hadconsidera,le in#ence on her orks%



• She doc#mented her eperiences in 5erman!in a p#,lication titled/ In a German Pension/hich as p#,lished in 1911%

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Aro#nd this time/ she as inspired ,!a#$ism and she p#,lished a short-stor!/ @:heWoman at the Store7/ hich as p#,lished inthe #ncon$entional ma"aine/ @Rh!thm7%

• 'ost-marria"e/ she mo$ed to 'aris in 191./alon" ith her h#s,and in the hope o "ainin"ne inspiration or her orks%



• In 'aris/ she rote onl! one short stor!/ @Somethin"0hildish +#t er! )at#ral7/ hich as p#,lished onl!ater her death/ tho#"h it as ritten in 191.% She

as called ,ack to London/ here she as declared,ankr#pt%

• 3#rin" her time in 'aris/ she ,ecame enamored itha riter/ rancis 0arco/ hich inspired her to ritea,o#t her inconspic#o#s relationship in/ @An

Indiscreet Bo#rne!7/ p#,lished in 19C=% 2oe$er/ herst!le o ritin" and themes chan"ed olloin" thedeath o her !o#n"er ,rother/ Leslie +ea#champ%

• In 191?/ she as at her prod#cti$e peak and ,e"an

ritin" a plethora o stories incl#din"/ @Mr% Re"inald'eacock7s 3a 7/ @A 3ill 'ickle @ and @'rel#de7%



• 3espite ,ein" dia"nosed ith t#,erc#losisin 191D/ she contin#ed to p#,lish shortstories $i% @Be ne parle pas rancais7 and

@:he Man itho#t a :emperament7%• olloin" her separation ith her h#s,and/

a collection o her short stories asp#,lished s#ch as @+liss7/ and @:he 5arden

'art!7% +! the end o her lie/ she hadcomposed an etremel! hi"h-$ol#me oork/ ,#t most o her orks remained#np#,lished till her death%



•

When she as in <n"land/ at the a"e o nineteen/ sheell in lo$e ith 5arnet :roell and ,ecame pre"nant%She then rashl! married her sin"in" teacher/ 5eor"e+oden and then a,andoned himEall o hichhappened ithin se$en months o her arri$al%

• She then "a$e ,irth to her ,a,! in 5erman! and atthe same time/ she ell in lo$e ith a 'olish riter/lor!an% It is ,elie$ed that a possi,le ectopicpre"nanc! aro#nd this time res#lted in the loss o one

o her allopian t#,es and a s#,seF#ent/ miscarria"e%• She had n#mero#s a(airs ith man! men and as

also ,elie$ed to ha$e ,een in to les,ianrelationships ith Maata Mah#pak# and <dithKathleen +endall%



• 2er fnal !ears ere that o pain and s#(erin"%

She so#"ht medical help rom a ph!sician/I$an Mano#khin/ or t#,erc#losis and thenmo$ed to rance% n one ill-ated da!/ henshe as clim,in" the stairs/ she s#(ered a

p#lmonar! hemorrha"e hich e$ent#all!res#lted in her death at the a"e o >.%



:oda!/ there are an#m,er o ed#cational

instit#tions hich ha$e aho#se named in herhonor incl#din"/@Ran"itoto 0olle"e7/

@Mo#nt Roskill 5rammarSchool7 and Westlake5irls7 2i"h School% An#m,er o flms ha$ealso ,een made on herlie incl#din" @Lea$e allair7/ @+liss7 and @A

'ict#re o KatherineMansfeld7%

Katherine Mansfeld: a woman o words.

Sc#lpt#re located in Wellin"ton/ )*,! artist ir"ina Kin"%



So#rces

• httpGHH%katherinemansfeldsociet!%or"H

• httpGHH%theamo#speople%comHproflesHkathleen-mansfeld-,ea#champ-m#rr!-C=>%php

http://www.katherinemansfieldsociety.org/


http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/kathleen-mansfield-beauchamp-murry-2053.php








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