Stead, Christina (Ellen)

Stead, Christina (Ellen)
(17 jul. 1902, Rockdale, Sydney, Australia–31 mar. 1983, Sydney).

Novelista australiana. Viajó por todo el mundo y vivió, en distintos períodos, en Londres, París y EE.UU., donde se desempeñó como guionista para los estudios MGM a inicios de la década de 1940. Volvió a Australia en 1974. La primera obra que publicó fue un volumen de cuentos, Cuentos de Salzburgo (1934). Se le recuerda principalmente por su novela El hombre que amaba a los niños (1940), la historia de una familia que se desintegra.

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