Katherine Anne Porter

Nationality

American

Description

Katherine Anne Porter (May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980) was an 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.

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Gender

Female

The best books of all time by Katherine Anne Porter

  1. 1595 . The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter

    The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter was an anthology of the work of Katherine Anne Porter. The collection of 19 short stories and long stories won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the ...

  2. 2656 . Flowering Judas and Other Stories by Katherine Anne Porter

    the astonishing 1930 collection that introduced a major new voice in American literature. "If Katherine Anne Porter had written nothing but these short narratives," observed the New York Times, "sh...

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