Katherine Mansfield
Kathleen Mansfield Murry 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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Wellington
- Educated at
- Queen's College LondonWellington Girls' College
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Trending topics shown first"I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you to share my future pluses."
"When I say "I fear" — don't let it disturb you, dearest heart. We all fear when we are in waiting-rooms. Yet we must pass beyond them, and if the other can keep calm, it is all the help we can give ea…"
"Warm, eager, living life — to be rooted in life — to learn, to desire to know, to feel, to think, to act. That is what I want. And nothing less. That is what I must try for. … This all sounds very str…"
"I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to become a writer can afford to indulge in it. You can't get it…"
"Were we positive, eager, real — alive? No, we were not. We were a nothingness shot with gleams of what might be."
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Timeline
1888
Born
Birth1923
Died
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