Katherine Anne Porter
Fellow: Awarded 1931
Field of Study: Fiction
Fellow: Awarded 1938
Field of Study: Fiction
Competition: US & Canada
Born: 05-15-1890
Died: 09-18-1980
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1931–32:
PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE: Appointed for creative writing, abroad; tenure, twelve months from August 1, 1931.
Born May 15, 1894, at Indian Creek, Texas. Privately educated.
Publications: Outline of Mexican Popular Arts, 1922; Flowering Judas, 1930. Short stories and articles in The Century Magazine, The New Masses, transition, The New Republic, The Nation, The Arts, Measure, The Hound & Horn, Books. Contributor to The Second American Caravan.
AWARDS WON
National Book, Fiction, 1966
Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 1966
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