Papers of Christina Stead, 1916-1990 [manuscript].

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Papers of Christina Stead, 1916-1990 [manuscript]

Creator
Stead, Christina, 1902-1983
Call Number
MS 9581
Created/Published
[1916-1990]
Extent
0.60 m. (1 box) + 1 folio.
Items
0
Scope and Content
MS 9581 comprises correspondence between Christina Stead and her brother David Darwin Stead, during the period 1929-1983, with the majority dating from 1970s. Included are brief notes Stead wrote to her cousin Gwen Walker-Smith on the source for characters in her books The Salzburg tales and Seven poor men of Sydney. There is also the typescript of a poem written by Stead in 1916 titled "On a Belgian battlefield", photographs, the Premier's Literary Award Medal awarded in 1982 for her distinguished contribution to Australian literature, the Certificate of Honorary Membership presented by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1982, a school report for 1916, photocopy of Stead's death certificate, and journals and newspaper cuttings relating to Stead's career and death (1 box, 1 folio).
Background
Novelist and short-story writer. Christina Ellen Stead was born and educated in Australia, but spent most of her life abroad. During the 1930s she began to have novels published, with her acknowledged masterpiece, The man who loved children, being released in 1940. Despite critical acclaim she did not win a more general following until the mid-1960s. In 1974, Stead returned to Australia, making it her home for the first time since 1928.
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Stead, Christina. (1916). Papers of Christina Stead, Retrieved April 26, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-383776058

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Stead, Christina. Papers of Christina Stead, : , 1916. Web. 26 April 2024 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-383776058>

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Stead, Christina. 1916, Papers of Christina Stead, , viewed 26 April 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-383776058

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