Katherine Mansfield was an influential New Zealand writer known for her unconventional lifestyle and new style of short story writing. She published her first story at age 9 and went on to study in England. Her works were greatly influenced by Anton Chekhov and she published many short stories during her most productive period while struggling with tuberculosis. Sadly, her life was cut short at age 34 when she suffered a fatal lung hemorrhage while seeking unconventional cures for her illness.

1. Katherine Mansfield “ I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.” -Katherine Mansfield

3. Influence on several authors and the literature of her time and there after.

4. Popularity of her writing affected the mindset of those in her time.

6. One Brother and Three Sisters

7. Her first story was published when she was nine years old. Her Childhood

9. Miss Swainson’s private school in Fitzherbert Terrace.

10. Queen's College in England

11. Musical

12. Published several stories and articles for the school newspaper

14. Katherine Mansfield

15. Met Ida Baker

16. Moved back to England

17. Wanted to pursue writing

18. Only published one poem

19. and one story. Changing Life

21. Liked both men and women

22. Several Sexual Partners

23. Contracted a Sexually Transmitted Disease

24. Met, married, and left George Bowden all within a three week period

25. Cheated on Him with Garnet Trowell

26. Became Pregnant

27. Had a Miscarriage Promiscuity/Sexuality

29. Anton Chekhov had an immense short term effect on her writing style.

30. The New Age Magazine

31. Beatrice Hastings

32. The German Pension

34. John took up as a tenant in her home and they became lovers

35. Struggled with magazine and ended up bankrupt.

36. Affairs, separations , illness and hardship claimed their married lives.

37. Katherine's health forces them to move around. Meeting John Middleton Murry

39. Moved around constantly trying to find relief from TB

40. Living separately from John, and living with Ida Baker “her wife”

41. Most productive writing period of her life

42. Gurdjieff’s Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man at Avon Seeking the Cure

44. On January 9, 1923, at the age of 34 Mansfield suffered a fatal pulmonary haemorrhage, after running up a flight of stairs to show Murry how well she was on one of his rare visits.

46. Works Cited www.katherinemansfield.net http://www.natlib.govt.nz/collections/highlighted-items/katherine-mansfield http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kmansfi.htm "Katherine Mansfield:1888 - 1923 - A Biography". Katharinemansfield.com. http://www.katherinemansfield.com/mansfield/.