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Born in Indian Creek, Texas, in (as Callie Russell Porter), Katherine Anne Porter considered herself the first native Texan to become a professional writer. She became a highly acclaimed fiction writer, winning both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for a collection of her works in Her short stories, essays and articles contain many references to her early life in Texas. But she said she left Texas because she didn't want to be regarded as a freak, which was how she believed Texans regarded women who tried to write. Her best known work is her only novel, Ship of Fools, published in and later made into a motion picture.

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Katherine Anne Porter, one of America's most celebrated writers of fiction, was born in Indian Creek near Brownwood, but grew up in Kyle. She left Texas in , became an actress, teacher, and journalist, and traveled the world. Considered a preeminent writer of short stories, she gained critical acclaim in with her first published collection, Flowering Judas and Other Stories. It was followed by another well-received collection, Pale Horse, Pale Rider, in Her novel, Ship of Fools, was made into a successful motion picture. The Collected Stories

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Katherine Anne Porter

American journalist, fabrication writer, final political up (–)

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Born	Callie Uranologist Porter ()May 15, Indian Brook, Texas, U.S.
Died	September 18, () (aged&#;90) Silver Arise, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Journalist essayist short story writer novelist political activist
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Katherine Anne Porter was born critical Indian Harbour, Texas,

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In October , Porter and Pressly returned to the United States, with Pressly traveling to Washington to look for work and Porter settling for a time in Pennsylvania. This visit was highly productive, as she completed two of the "short novels" that appeared in Pale Horse, Pale Rider in After a three-month reunion with Porter in New York City, Pressly found a temporary position in South America; this led to their permanent separation and eventual divorce. In September , Porter moved to New Orleans.

April brought both divorce from Pressly and another marriage. With Robert Penn Warren and his wife Cinina as witnesses, Porter married Albert Erskine. However, Porter and Erskine were separated within two years, and in June Porter went to live at Yaddo, the artists' colony in upstate New York. She had gained a reputation as one of the country's best writers following the publication of Pale Horse, Pale Rider (), which included the title work, "Noon Wine," and "Old Mortality."

Porter enjoyed living in upstate New York so much that in late she bought South Hill, a house near Saratoga Springs. The next several years saw many relocations, including to the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., while she was a Fellow of Regi