Birth Name:

Christina Stead

Female

Birth Date:

Thu, Jul 17, 1902

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia

Age:

122

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

23°

Can

33'

About Christina Stead

Christina Stead (17 July 1902 – 31 March 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations. Christina Stead was a committed Marxist, although she was never a member of the Communist Party. She spent much of her life outside Australia, although she returned before her death.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• The Character and Situation of Christina Stead. Radio documentary by Catherine Gough-Brady made from archives of Stead speaking, and excerpts from Stead's lectures on how to write a novel.

• Christina Stead Centenary Essays at Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature

• Jonathan Franzen on The Man Who Loved Children in The New York Times Book Review

• "The night of which no one speaks": Christina Stead's art as struggle by Susan Lever, Journal of the South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies Number 37 (1993)

• Petri Liukkonen. "Christina Stead". Books and Writers

• Annotated bibliography and biographical sketch by Perry Middlemiss

• Stead's plaque on the Sydney Writers Walk

• Unveiling of plaque at Christina Stead home, Watsons Bay

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Christina Stead

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Christina Stead: Sun 23 Cancer, Moon 13 Sagittarius, Mercury 3 Cancer, Venus 19 Gemini, Mars 27 Gemini, Jupiter 14 Aquarius, Saturn 24 Capricorn, Uranus 17 Sagittarius, Neptune 2 Cancer, Pluto 18 Gemini, Sun Opposition Saturn, Mercury Conjunct Neptune, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Venus Trine Jupiter, Venus Opposition Uranus, Venus Conjunct Pluto, Mars Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Mars Quincunx Saturn, Mars Conjunct Neptune, Jupiter Sextile Uranus, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Jupiter Trine Pluto, Uranus Opposition Pluto

Categories related to Christina Stead: July 17 births, 1983 deaths, 20th-century Australian novelists, New South Wales, Australian women novelists, 20th-century Australian women writers, New York University faculty, Australian women short story writers, 20th-century Australian short story writers, Marxist writers, Writers from Sydney, 1902 births, Patrick White Award winners, Australian communists, Watsons Bay