WRITER

Katherine Mansfield

1888 - 1923

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Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world and have been published in 25 languages. Born and raised in a house on Tinakori Road in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon, Mansfield was the third child in the Beauchamp family. She began school in Karori with her sisters, before attending Wellington Girls' College. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katherine Mansfield is the 931st most popular writer (down from 765th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Writer.

Katherine Mansfield is most famous for her short stories.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Katherine Mansfield ranks 931 out of 7,302. Before her are Emanuel Schikaneder, Aristophanes of Byzantium, Ľudovít Štúr, Marie d'Agoult, Hans Sachs, and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany. After her are Johann Kaspar Lavater, Aelius Donatus, Jan Neruda, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, David Irving, and Stefan George.

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Among people born in 1888, Katherine Mansfield ranks 41. Before her are Herbert Spencer Gasser, Richard E. Byrd, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Carin Göring, Georges Bernanos, and Ossip Zadkine. After her are Josef Albers, Ernst Kretschmer, August Kubizek, Oskar Schlemmer, Ernst Heinkel, and Vladimir K. Zworykin. Among people deceased in 1923, Katherine Mansfield ranks 25. Before her are Damdin Sükhbaatar, Pierre Loti, Princess Louise of Prussia, James Dewar, Hertha Ayrton, and Lluís Domènech i Montaner. After her are Edith Södergran, Raymond Radiguet, Milena Vukotić, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Katherine Mansfield ranks 8 out of 303. Before her are Edmund Hillary (1919), Russell Crowe (1964), Maurice Wilkins (1916), Bruce McLaren (1937), Peter Jackson (1961), and Alan MacDiarmid (1927). After her are Denny Hulme (1936), Rosé (1997), Anthony Wilding (1883), William Phillips (1914), Jane Campion (1954), and Patsy Reddy (1954).

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Among WRITERS In New Zealand

Among writers born in New Zealand, Katherine Mansfield ranks 1. After her are Richard Curtis (1956), Janet Frame (1924), Ngaio Marsh (1895), Hugh Walpole (1884), Keri Hulme (1947), Margaret Mahy (1936), Philippa Boyens (2000), Anthony McCarten (1961), and Ruth Park (1917).

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