Christina Ellen Stead (1902-07-17)17 July 1902 Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia
Died
31 March 1983(1983-03-31) (aged 80) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Language
English
Years active
1921-1983
Notable works
The Man Who Loved Children
Notable awards
Patrick White Award
House in Pacific Street, Watsons Bay, Sydney, where Stead lived 1917-1928
Christina Stead (17 July 1902 – 31 March 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations. Christina Stead was a committed Marxist, although she was never a member of the Communist Party.[1] She spent much of her life outside Australia, although she returned before her death.
^Liukkonen, Petri. "Christina Stead". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008.
ChristinaStead (17 July 1902 – 31 March 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological...
installed was also intended for use during World War II. The novelist ChristinaStead lived in 14 Pacific Street from 1911 to 1928, after which she went...
daughter Ada married David George Stead, a widower and father of Australian writer ChristinaStead, the newly-weds and Christina settled in Lydham Hill, paying...
(formerly the Robert Frost Prize) for lifetime achievement in poetry ChristinaStead Award Melbourne University Publishing Award "an award for a non-fiction...
Stead (born 1932), New Zealand writer and critic ChristinaStead (1902–1983), Australian writer Dave Stead (born 1966), British drummer David Stead (cricketer)...
The Man Who Loved Children is a 1940 novel by Australian writer ChristinaStead. It was not until a reissue edition in 1965, with an introduction by poet...
the 2018 Stella Prize, and won both the Miles Franklin Award and the ChristinaStead Prize for Fiction. This is the third time Michelle de Kretser has won...
Spain, #1 bestseller Ireland Spiegel bestseller, commended in the ChristinaStead Award, Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Awards (2010)...
Australian film written and directed by Stephen Wallace and based on ChristinaStead's 1945 novel of the same name. It stars Helen Buday, Hugo Weaving, Sam...
prize New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards 2019: Shortlisted: ChristinaStead Prize for Fiction, for Boy Swallows Universe 2019: Winner: UTS Glenda...
Miles Franklin Award 2002 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, ChristinaStead Prize for Fiction 2002 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Fiction, 2002...
1977 Sumner Locke Elliott 1976 John Blight 1975 David Campbell 1974 ChristinaStead Carter, David. "Patrick White to the rescue", ABR, no. 347, December...
author Evie Wyld and was published in 2020. It was shortlisted for the ChristinaStead Prize for Fiction and won the Stella Prize in 2021. The Bass Rock was...
of those he thinks humane or humorous (F. R. Leavis, W. K. Wimsatt, ChristinaStead). Hugh Kenner praised his "intent eloquence", and Geoffrey Hill his...
Poor Men of Sydney (1934) is the first novel by Australian writer ChristinaStead. The novel follows the fortunes of seven men living around Watson's...
child of his first marriage, the novelist ChristinaStead. Sam in The Man Who Loved Children by ChristinaStead is partly modelled on her father. As well...
Award 2014 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — ChristinaStead Prize for Fiction 2016 winner Kate Challis RAKA Award Gleeson-White...
Palmer Prize for Fiction and the 2012 NSW Premier's Literary Award ChristinaStead Prize and Book of the Year. That Deadman Dance is set in the first...
Windows short-listed for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards ChristinaStead Award for Fiction (2015) Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction...
Novelists, 2010: shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Award (ChristinaStead Prize for fiction), 2010: shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary...
title character of Letty Fox: Her Luck, a novel by Australian writer ChristinaStead Letty Gaunt, a character in the 1970s TV series The Onedin Line Dr...
Australia from London in 1806. This book won the Commonwealth Prize, the ChristinaStead Prize, and the NSW Premier's Community Relations Prize, and was shortlisted...
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