Katherine Anne Porter
Novelist, Author
1890 – 1980
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Who was Katherine Anne Porter?
Katherine Anne Porter was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. Her 1962 novel Ship of Fools was the best-selling novel in America that year, but her short stories received much more critical acclaim. She is known for her penetrating insight; her work deals with dark themes such as betrayal, death and the origin of human evil. In 1990, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 2905 was placed in Brown County, Texas to honor the life and career of Porter.
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- Born
- May 15, 1890
Indian Creek - Also known as
- Callie Russell Porter
- Parents
- Spouses
- Eugene Pressley
(1930 - 1938) - John Koontz
(1906/06/20 - 1915) - Ernest Stock
(1926 - 1927) - Albert Russel Erskine, Jr.
(1938 - 1942)
- Eugene Pressley
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Fort Worth
- New York City
- San Antonio
- Died
- Sep 18, 1980
Silver Spring
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on July 23, 2013
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