Katherine Mansfield

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Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a writer. She was born in New Zealand. She moved to the United Kingdom when she was 19. She died when she was 34.

Early life

Mansfield was born into a middle-class family in Wellington. She was a cousin of Elizabeth von Arnim. She went to Queen's College with her sisters.

Katherine Mansfield Media

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  Katherine Mansfield's birthplace, Thorndon, New Zealand

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  Katherine Mansfield, a New Zealand-writer of short stories. Picture taken 1912.