Porter,Katherine Anne

Porter,Katherine Anne
Porter, Katherine Anne. 1890-1980.
American writer known for her carefully crafted short stories as well as her novel Ship of Fools (1962). She won a Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Stories (1965).

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  • Porter, Katherine Anne — born May 15, 1890, Indian Creek, Texas, U.S. died Sept. 18, 1980, Silver Spring, Md. U.S. writer. She worked as a journalist in Chicago and Denver, Colo., before leaving in 1920 for Mexico, the setting of several of her stories. Her collections… …   Universalium

  • Porter, Katherine Anne — (15 may. 1890, Indian Creek, Texas, EE.UU. –18 sep. 1980, Silver Spring, Md.). Escritora estadounidense. Trabajó como periodista en Chicago y Denver antes de radicarse en México en 1920, donde se desarrollan varios de sus relatos. Entre sus… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Porter, Katherine Anne —    см. Портер, Кэтрин Энн …   Писатели США. Краткие творческие биографии

  • Katherine Anne Porter — (15 de mayo de 1890 – 18 de septiembre de 1980) fue una periodista, escritora de novelas y cuentos, ensayista y activista estadounidense ganadora del Premio Pulitzer. Nació en Indian Creek, en Texas, como Callie Russel Porter. Katherine Anne… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Katherine Anne Porter — (15 May 1890 – 18 September 1980) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. She is known for her penetrating insight; her works deal with dark themes such as betrayal, death… …   Wikipedia

  • Katherine Anne Porter — (* 15. Mai 1890 in Indian Creek, Texas; † 18. September 1980 in Silver Spring, Maryland; gebürtig Callie Russell Porter) war eine US amerikanische Journalistin und Schriftstellerin. 1966 wurde sie für die Anthologie The Collected Stories mit dem… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Katherine Anne Porter — (15 mai 1890 – 18 septembre 1980) était une journaliste, écrivain, essayiste et activiste américaine. Elle est née à Indian Creek, au Texas. Katherine Anne Porter est considérée par beaucoup comme l’écrivain le plus important du Texas[1]. Ses… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Katherine Anne Porter — noun United States writer of novels and short stories (1890 1980) • Syn: ↑Porter • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter — infobox Book | name = The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter title orig = translator = image caption = author = Katherine Anne Porter illustrator = cover artist = country = language = English series = genre = Anthology short stories… …   Wikipedia

  • PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award — The PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award is presented each spring to a U.S. resident who has fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to the written word.… …   Wikipedia

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