Katherine Anne Porter
American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Katherine Anne Porter (May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980) was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, poet 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. In 1966 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[1] and the U.S. National Book Award[2] for The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter.
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Born | Callie Russell Porter (1890-05-15)May 15, 1890 Indian Creek, Texas, U.S. |
Died | September 18, 1980(1980-09-18) (aged 90) Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
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Years active | 1920–1977 |
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