Christina Stead
Christina Ellen Stead (born July 17, 1902 in Rockdale , New South Wales , † March 31, 1983 in Sydney ) was an Australian writer .
Stead was a trained teacher and lived in the United States and Europe from 1928 to 1974 .
The theme of her novels and stories is the human search for personal freedom and love. The study of a childhood The man who loved children , published in 1940 and based on autobiographical material, became particularly well known . The Time Magazine picked up the novel in the TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005 on. In 1982 she was elected an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters .
Works (selection)
Novels
- Seven poor men of Sydney (1934)
- House of all nations (1938)
- The man who loved children (1940)
- The man who loved his children , German by Irmela Erckenbrecht, Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, 1998. ISBN 978-3-421-05119-6
- For love alone (1944)
- Dark places of the heart (1966, also called Cotter's England )
- Miss Herbert (1976, also as The suburban wife )
stories
- The Salzburg tales (1934)
literature
- Fiona Morrison: Christina Stead and the Matter of America , Sydney: Sydney University Press, [2019], ISBN 978-1-74332-449-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Christina Stead in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entries on Worldcat.org
Individual evidence
- ^ The man who loved children - All Time 100 Novels - TIME
- ↑ Honorary Members: Christina Stead. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed March 23, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stead, Christina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stead, Christina Ellen (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rockdale , New South Wales |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1983 |
| Place of death | Sydney |