- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE3754
Stead, Christina Ellen
(1902 – 1983)- Born 17 July, 1902, Rockdale, Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Died 31 March, 1983, Sydney New South Wales
- Occupation Novelist, Writer
Summary
After a short teaching career, Christina Stead travelled to Paris for study, then to London. She returned to Australia in 1969 after many years abroad to take up a fellowship at the Australian National University. In 1974 she returned to live in Australia permanently.
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Book
- The Beauties and Furies, Stead, Christina, 1936
- Christina Stead: Selected Fiction and Nonfiction, Stead, Christina, 1994
- Cotters' England, Stead, Christina, 1967
- Dark Places of the Heart, Stead, Christina, 1966
- For Love Alone, Stead, Christina, 1944
- Great Stories of the South Sea Islands, Stead, Christina, 1955
- House of All Nations: A Novel, Stead, Christina
- I'm Dying Laughing: The Humourist, Stead, Christina, 1986
- Letty Fox, Her Luck, Stead, Christina, 1946
- The Little Hotel: A Novel, Stead, Christina, 1973
- A Little Tea, A Little Chat, Stead, Christina, 1948
- Miss Herbert (the Suburban Wife), Stead, Christina, 1976
- Ocean of Story: The Uncollected Stories of Christina Stead, Stead, Christina, 1986
- The People with the Dogs, Stead, Christina, 1952
- The Salzburg Tales, Stead, Christina, 1934
- Seven Poor Men of Sydney, Stead, Christina, 1934
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Resource
- Trove: Stead, Christina (19020717-19830331), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-630856
Archival resources
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National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
- Papers of Dorothy Green, 1943-1990 [manuscript]
- Papers of Christina Stead, 1937-1988 [manuscript]
- Papers of Christina Stead, 1919-1996 [manuscript]
- Letters by Christina Stead to Margaret Hanks, 1938-1982 [manuscript]
- Literary manuscript, 1973 [manuscript]
- Papers of Christina Stead, 1916-1990 [manuscript]
- Notebook and letter by Christina Stead to Edith Anderson, circa 1949-1951 [manuscript]
- Correspondence with Christina Stead, 1969-1983 [manuscript]
- Letters and typescript of Christina Stead, 1969-1970 [manuscript]
- Papers of Oliver Stallybrass, 1965-1981 [manuscript]