Christina Stead (1902–1983)
Autor von Der Mann, der seine Kinder liebte
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Author Christina Stead was born in Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia on July 17, 1902. She left Australia in 1928 and spent time in Europe, England, and the United States before permanently returning in 1974. She wrote fifteen novels and numerous volumes of short stories. She is best known for mehr anzeigen her novel, The Man Who Loved Children, which was based on her childhood. Her novels were unpublished in Australia until 1965 and she was denied the Britannica-Australia award in 1967 on the grounds that she was no longer considered an Australian. In 1974, she won the Patrick White award. While living in the United States during the 1940s, she worked as a Hollywood scriptwriter and contributed to Madame Curie and They Were Expendable. She died on March 31, 1983. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Portrait of author Christina Stead, 1940s? [picture]
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Werke von Christina Stead
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The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II (1806) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare
Australian Literature: An Anthology of Writing from the Land Down Under (1993) — Mitwirkender — 26 Exemplare
Goodbye to Romance: Stories by New Zealand and Australian Women Writers, 1930-1988 (1989) — Mitwirkender — 10 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Stead, Christina
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Stead, Christina Ellen
- Geburtstag
- 1902-07-17
- Todestag
- 1983-03-31
- Begräbnisort
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Australia
- Geburtsort
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Sterbeort
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Wohnorte
- London, England, UK
New York, USA
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Paris, France
Spain - Ausbildung
- Sydney High School
Teachers' Training College, Sydney University - Berufe
- secretary
instructor (New York University)
novelist
writer (senior writer, MGM)
author - Beziehungen
- Stead, David G. (father)
Blake, William J. (husband | widowed)
Harris, Thistle Yolette (stepmother) - Organisationen
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1982)
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Patrick White Award (Australian Literature, 1974)
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Group Read, December 2018: The Man Who Loved Children in 1001 Books to read before you die (Januar 2019)
75 Books Challenge for 2015 : ANZAC Author Reading Challenge 2015-Christina Stead (AUS) & Katherine Mansfield (NZ) (May) in 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (August 2015)
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