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Katherine Anne Porter

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American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist (1890-1980)

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Katherine Anne Porter 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 the United States that year, but her short stories received much more critical acclaim. S.

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1966National Book Award
1966Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1962Emerson-Thoreau Medal
1962O. Henry Award
1931Guggenheim Fellowship

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Katherine Anne Porter 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 the United States that year, but her short stories received much more critical acclaim. In 1966, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S. National Book Award for The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter.

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United States
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Journalists
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Journalist
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deceased
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Lived 1890 to 1980 · aged 90
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