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(1890-1980) Writer, novelist. Katherine Anne Porter lived at 75 Washington Place, Manhattan, New York. In 2006 the United States Postal Service issued its twenty-second stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Katherine Anne Porter.

Full Name

Katherine Anne Porter

Locations

Saratoga

Author's Timeline


1890

BIRTH

Callie Russell Porter was born in Indian Creek, Texas in 1890.

1919

RESIDENCE

Porter moved to Greenwich Village, Manhattan New York in 1919. She lived at 75 Washington Place, in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

1930

LITWORK

Flowering Judas And Other Stories


Collection of short stories.

1934

LITWORK

Hacienda
Harrison of Paris.

Short story.

1937

LITWORK

Noon Wine


Short novel.

1939

LITWORK

Pale Horse, Pale Rider

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Collection of three novellas.

1944

RESIDENCE

Porter lived in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1944.

1944

LITWORK

The Leaning Tower and Other Stories


Collection of short stories.

1952

LITWORK

The Days Before: Collected Essays and Occasional Writings


Collection of essays.

1955

LITWORK

The Old Order: Stories of the South


Collection of short stories.

1962

LITWORK

Ship of Fools


Novel.

1965

LITWORK

The Collected Stories Of Katherine Anne Porter


Collection of short stories. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

1966

LITWORK

Collected Stories


Collection of short stories. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

1977

LITWORK

The Never-Ending Wrong


Nonfiction.

1980

DEATH

Katherine Anne Porter died in Silver Spring, Maryland in 1980.

1980

INTERMENT

Katherine Anne Porter's ashes were buried at Indian Creek, Texas, beside her mother's grave.

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