katherine mansfield

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Definition of katherine mansfield in English English dictionary

a writer who was born in New Zealand but who lived in England. Her best-known collection of stories is The Garden Party (1888-1923). orig. Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp born Oct. 4, 1888, Wellington, N.Z. died Jan. 9, 1923, Gurdjieff Institute, near Fontainebleau, France New Zealand-born British writer. After moving to England at age 19, she secured her reputation with the story collection Bliss (1920). She reached the height of her powers in the collection The Garden Party (1922). Her delicate stories, which focus on psychological conflicts, are written in a distinctive prose style with poetic overtones that shows the influence of Anton Chekhov. Her last five years were shadowed by tuberculosis, of which she died at age 34

Hyphenation

Kath·er·ine Mans·field

Turkish pronunciation

käthrîn mänzfild

Pronunciation

/ˈkaᴛʜrən ˈmanzˌfēld/ /ˈkæθrɪn ˈmænzˌfiːld/