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Stead, C.K. 1932- (Christian Karlson Stead)
PERSONAL:
Surname rhymes with "head"; born October 17, 1932, in Auckland, New Zealand; son of James Walter (an accountant) and Olive Ethel (a music teacher) Stead; married Kathleen Elizabeth Roberts, January 8, 1955; children: Oliver William, Charlotte Mary, Margaret Hermione. Education: Auckland University College (now University of Auckland), B.A., 1954, M.A., 1955; University of Bristol, Ph.D., 1961.
ADDRESSES:
Home and office—Auckland, New Zealand.
CAREER:
Writer, novelist, literary critic, poet, essayist, and educator. University of New England, Australia, lecturer in English, 1956-57; University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, lecturer, 1960-61, senior lecturer, 1962-64, associate professor, 1964-67, professor of English, 1967-86, professor emeritus, 1986—. St. John's College, Oxford, senior visiting fellow, 1996-97. Full-time writer, 1986—. Chair of New Zealand Literary Fund Advisory Committee, 1972-75; chair of New Zealand Authors' Fund Committee, 1989-91.
MEMBER:
New Zealand PEN (Auckland Branch chair, 1986-89;
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C.K. Stead ONZ CBE
1972 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow
- Discipline:
- Novelist, Poet, Essayist and Literary Critic
- Awards:
- Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship 1972
- Highlight:
- Karl Miller, Founding Editor of the London Review of Books, wrote of C.K. Stead: “His talent is more than ambidextrous. To excel as a poet, novelist and critic is rarer than we tend to think, and Karl Stead has managed it.”
- Last Update:
- 18/09/2024, 03:00 pm
1972 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow
Christian Karlson “Karl” Stead is one of Aotearoa’s foremost literary icons. He is a novelist, literary critic, poet, essayist and emeritus professor of English of the University of Auckland. Born in 1932, he first started writing poetry as a teenager, while attending Mt Albert Grammar. He went on to graduate from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts in 1959, and in 1960 earned his Masters of Arts. At this time he and his wife were neighbours with short-story writer Frank Sargeson. Writer Janet Frame was living in a hut in Sargeson's garden, having recently been discharge
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C. K. Stead
New Zealand writer (born 1932)
Christian Karlson "Karl" SteadONZ CBE (born 17 October 1932) is a New Zealand writer whose works include novels, poetry, short stories, and literary criticism.[2] He is one of New Zealand's most well-known and internationally celebrated writers.[3]
Early life and education
Stead was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1932. He attended Mount Albert Grammar School.[4] He has said that growing up he rarely read New Zealand writers: "I read a few New Zealand writers at school but mainly it was a British education so one read British writers really".[2] Stead began writing poetry at about age 14 when he read a copy of the collected works of Rupert Brooke, sent by his sister's penpal in England.[2]
Stead graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts in 1954, and earned his Masters of Arts the following year.[5] At this time he and his wife were neighbours with short-story writer Frank Sargeson. Writer Janet Frame was living in a hut in Sarges
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