Katherine anne porter biography
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Katherine anne porter biography
Katherine Anne Porter Biography
Born: May 15, 1890
Indian Creek, Texas
Died: September 18, 1980
Silver Spring, Maryland
American author
American writer Katherine Anne Porter, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1966, was known for her delicate observations and precise descriptions.
Early life
Katherine Anne Porter was born on May 15, 1890, in Indian Creek, Texas, the fourth of five children of Harrison Boone Porter and Mary Alice Jones. She was a descendant of Jonathan Boone, brother of the famous explorer Daniel Boone (1734–1820), and her father, a farmer, was a second cousin of the writer O.
Henry (Sidney Porter) (1862– 1910). After her mother died in 1892, Porter and her siblings went to live with their grandmother. After her grandmother died in 1901, Porter was sent to several convent (an establishment of nuns) schools in Texas and Louisiana.
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