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Pseudonym of Kathleen Beauchamp was a prominent modernist writer of New Zealand origin.

Born: October 14, 1888, Wellington, New Zealand

Died: January 9, 1923, Fontainebleau, France

Parents: Harold Beauchamp, Annie Burnell Beauchamp

Siblings: Leslie Heron Beauchamp, Vera Beauchamp, Jeanne Beauchamp, Charlotte Beauchamp, Gwendoline Beauchamp

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The rejection of her mother since she was little made her grow up with a hole in the center of her identity, which she would manifest later in her work in a forceful way.

Her first years were spent in the country, and it is for her the most beautiful time of life. Where he discovers his passion for literature. He reads a lot and writes with devotion. But that peace would not last long. In her early teens, her parents move to Wellington and Katherine suffers a lot of rejection from her parents.

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Mansfield convinces her parents to send her to study at Queen's College in Oxford in order to get away from that place that causes her so much sadness. In London, she not only began to stand out as a writer but also as a cellist. And also during this stage he meets his first girlfriend, Ida Baker, who will give him inescapable material for his work.

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Mansfield's messy life and her desire to become a bohemian artist lead her to fall in love with Garnet Troweel, a boy who dumps her when he finds out she's pregnant. In desperation, Katherine turns to her mother, with whom she has not spoken for a long time. The idea does not end well. She takes her to a German spa in order to keep the pregnancy a secret and to get the idea of ​​lesbianism out of her head. Most biographies suggest that in that spa, given the tension with her mother and her sadness, Mansfield suffers a miscarriage.

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Returning to London, he decides to cut off his relationship with his mother forever and gives himself over to his passions much more vigorously. At this stage he will try to publish his books without much success and will have two secret relationships, with Beatrice Hastings and Ida Baker. Later she will start an affair with John Middleton Murry. However, her constant will always be Baker, who will appear and disappear throughout the years as that unforgettable lover.

Mansfield's professional career will also have its ups and downs. Criticism will be divided between those who adore it and those who reject it. However, he will ensure that his books circulate in London and begin to be requested by the publishing market of other European countries.

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Katherine Mansfield's life ends soon. Her delicate health is aggravated by the tuberculosis that ends her at the age of 34. He died of a pulmonary hemorrhage on

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Mansfield's narrative interest runs aground on the vital impulses of humans and their clash with social impositions. She is very interested in building psychological profiles that do not adapt to the social behavior that is expected of them and masterfully manages to paint that contradiction between the comfort of becoming what the world wants and the difficult task of being free and following one's own instincts.

Another element that stands out in his work are the descriptions of the aristocratic world. Thus, many of his stories begin with peaceful encounters in delicate gardens of the upper class, where some character, usually female, tries to please his class. However, in her the storm always threatens. And those same comfort scenarios are swept away by madness and pain, with extraordinary twists.

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''Party in the garden'', ''In the bay'', ''In a German spa'' and their Diaries. In all these stories we can discover a frozen heart due to the misunderstanding that the only thing she longs for in life is to feel alive.

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“The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield (Animated)