Christina Stead (1902 - 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer noted for her satirical wit and psychological penetration. She was a committed Marxist although never a member of the Communist Party. She lived many years in England and the United States but returned to Australia after she was denied the Britannica-Australia prize on the grounds that she had "ceased to be an Australian". 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... In modern usage, a Communist party is a political party which promotes Communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...

She wrote 15 novels and several volumes of short stories. She also worked as a Hollywood scriptwriter in the 1940s, contributing to Madame Curie and the John Ford/John Wayne war movie, They Were Expendable. A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... This article is in need of attention. ... ... Screenwriters, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... // Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... Madame Curie is a 1943 biographical film which tells the story of Polish- French physicist Marie Curie. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies and talkies alike. ... They Were Expendable is a war film released in 1945. ...

Her first novel, Seven Poor Men of Sydney (1934) dealt with the lives of radicals and dockworkers, but she was not a practitioner of social realism. 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Social Realism is a term used to describe visual and other realistic arts depicting working class activities as heroic, especially common in communist countries. ...

Her best-known novel, The Man Who Loved Children was based on her own childhood (the title is ironic) and was published in 1940. It was not until the poet Randall Jarrell wrote the introduction for a new American edition in 1965 that the novel began to receive a larger audience. Letty Fox: Her Luck, often regarded as an equally fine novel, was shunned by Australian publishers for several years because the title character was considered morally offensive. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... Randall Jarrell (1914 - 1965) was a United States author, writer and poet. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...

Works

• The Salzburg Tales (1934)
• Seven Poor Men of Sydney (1934)
• The Beauties and Furies (1936)
• House of all Nations (1938)
• The Man Who Loved Children (1940)
• For Love Alone (1945)
• Modern Women in Love (1945) edited with William Blake
• Letty Fox: Her Luck (1946)
• A Little Tea. A Little Chat (1948)
• The People with the Dogs (1952)
• Colour of Asia by Fernando Gigon (1955) translator
• The Puzzleheaded Girl. Four Novellas (1965)
• Dark Places of the Heart (1966)
• Cotters’ England (1967)
• Australian Writers and their work (1969)
• The Little Hotel: A Novel (1973)
• Miss Herbert (The Suburban Wife) (1976)
• A Christina Stead Reader (1978) edited by Jean B. Read
• I'm Dying Laughing. The Humourist (1986)
• Ocean of Story: The Uncollected Stories of Christina Stead (1985) edited by R. G. Geering
• The Palace With Several Sides: A Sort of Love Story (1986)

External link

• A magazine article "'A real inferno', the Life of Christina Stead" by Brooke Allen from The New Criterion.