Katherine Mansfield
/ˌkæθrɪn ˈmænsfiːld/
/ˌkæθrɪn ˈmænsfiːld/
- (1888-1923) a New Zealand writer who lived most of her life in England. Her collections of short stories, including Bliss (1920) and The Garden Party (1922), are full of intense feeling, often describing only a few hours in a person's life. Her poems and letters were published after her death.