Katherine mansfield, an outstanding english short-story writer of the 20th century, was born in new zealand in 1888 and died in 1923. she is the author of a number of excellent short stories which deal with human nature and psychology. at the age of eighteen she decided to become a professional writer. her first short stories appeared in melbourne in 1907, but literary fame came to her in london after the publication of a collection of short stories called "in a german pension". katherine mansfield took a great interest in russian literature, particularly in the works of chekhov. in fact, she considered herself to be a pupil of the great russian writer. перевести этот текст