Katherine Anne Porter was a Pulitzer Prize winning American author. Her father, Harrison Boone Porter, was a direct descendant of Jonathan Boone, brother of the Daniel Boone, and a second cousin of short story writer, William Sidney Porter, pen name O'Henry. - AsNotedIn
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| 1890/05/15 | Callie Russell Porter is born in a log cabin near the community of Indian Creek in southern Brown County, Texas. | Born | Brown County | ||||
| 1892/03/20 | After his wife's death on 20 March 1892, Harrison Porter moves his family, Callie and her siblings Gay, Paul and infant Mary Alice, to live with his mother, Catherine Anne Porter, in Kyle. | Home | Katherine Anne Porter House | Kyle | |||
| 1918/00/00 | Katherine Porter moves to Denver, Colorado, to work for the Rocky Mountain News where she contributes mostly book reviews and political articles. | Work | |||||
| 1918/10/00 | In the fall, Katherine Anne Porter and a young army lieutenant are both stricken with influenza in Denver, Colorado. | Health | Influenza Pandemic of 1918 | ||||
| 1930/00/00 | "Flowering Judas" by Katherine Anne Porter is published. | Author | Flowering Judas (Short Story) | ||||
| 1930/00/00 | "The Jilting of Granny Wetherall" by Katherine Anne Porter is published. | Author | The Jilting of Granny Wetherall (Short Story) | ||||
| 1930/00/00 | "Theft" by Katherine Anne Porter is published. | Author | Theft (Porter Short Story) | ||||
| 1930/09/11 | KAP's first collection of short stories, Flowering Judas, is published. Although not a big seller, the book will earn her a Guggenheim fellowship. The cash award allows her to study abroad. | Work | |||||
| 1931/08/00 | Porter begins a journal during her first voyage to Europe in August-September, from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to Bremerhaven, Germany. From these notes a book begins to take form at once. | Work | Ship of Fools (Porter book) | ||||
| 1934/00/00 | "Hacienda: A Story of Mexico" by Katherine Anne Porter is published. | Author | Hacienda: A Story of Mexico (short story collection) | ||||
| 1937/00/00 | "Noon Wine" by Katherine A Porter is published. | Author | Noon Wine (short story collection) | ||||
| 1939/00/00 | Katherine Anne Porter's mezzobula "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" is published. | Author | Pale Horse, Pale Rider (mezzobula) | ||||
| 1939/04/27 | Katherine Porter signs a contract with Harcourt, Brace for a novel, originally called "Promised Land", to be delivered on 1 January, 1939. | Author | Ship of Fools (Porter book) | ||||
| 1944/00/00 | "The Leaning Tower and Other Storie" by Katherine Anne Porter is published. | Author | The Leaning Tower and Other Stories (short story collection) | ||||
| 1950/00/00 | At a Manhattan cocktail party, a drunken Dylan Thomas lifts Katherine Porter to the ceiling in tribute. | Life | |||||
| 1953/00/00 | Katherine Porter visits Ezra Pound at St Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, DC. | Life | St Elizabeths Hospital | Washington, DC | |||
| 1958/00/00 | Flannery O'Connor and Katherine Porter become friends after meeting in 1958. | Life | |||||
| 1958/06/08 | Katherine Porter receives a Literary degree from Smith College and meets US Senator John F Kennedy. | Life | Smith College | Northampton, MA | |||
| 1961/01/20 | John F Kennedy is inaugurated President of the United States on Friday, January 20, 1961 at the eastern portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. | Guest of JFK | Eastern Portico, US Capitol | United States Capitol | JFK Presidential Election | ||
| 1961/06/00 | Katherine Porter vacations at the Yankee Clipper Inn Rockport, MA. | Guest | Yankee Clipper Inn, Rockport | Rockport, MA | |||
| 1961/09/00 | At the Yankee Clipper Inn, Katherine Porter sojourns for two months, August and September. She may have completed "Ship of Fools" during this stay. | Author | Ship of Fools (Porter book) | Yankee Clipper Inn, Rockport | Rockport, MA | ||
| 1965/00/00 | "The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter" is published by Harcourt, Brace. | Author | The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter | ||||
| 1980/09/18 | After a series of strokes, Katherine Anne Porter dies at the Carriage Hill Nursing home in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her ashes are buried next to her mother at Indian Creek Cemetery in Texas. | Died |
12 Creative Works by Katherine Anne Porter »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Flowering Judas (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1930/00/00 |
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| The Jilting of Granny Wetherall (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1930/00/00 |
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| Theft (Porter Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1930/00/00 |
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| Hacienda: A Story of Mexico (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1934/00/00 | |
| Noon Wine (mezzobula) | Author | Mezzobula | 1937/00/00 | |
| Noon Wine (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1937/00/00 | |
| Old Mortality (mezzobula) | Author | Mezzobula | 1937/00/00 | |
| Pale Horse, Pale Rider Collection (Omnibus) | Author | Omnibus | 1939/00/00 | |
| Pale Horse, Pale Rider (mezzobula) | Author | Mezzobula | 1939/00/00 |
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| The Leaning Tower and Other Stories (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1944/00/00 | |
| Ship of Fools (Porter book) | Author | Novel | 1962/00/00 | |
| The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter | Author | Omnibus | 1965/00/00 |
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