Katherine Mansfield nasceu na Nova Zelândia em 1888. Ela foi a escritora mais famosa de seu país. Estudou na Queen’s College, em Oxford, onde conheceu Ida Baker, que seria sua amiga e amante até o fim de sua vida.

Katherine Mansfield was born in New Zealand in 1888. She was her country’s most famous female writer. She studied at Queen’s College, Oxford, where she met Ida Baker, who would be her friend and lover for the rest of her life.