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Katherine Anne Porter

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Brownwood vicinity, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 37' 26.73908000004", -99° 1' 48.79106000004"
 
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    (May 15, 1890-September 18, 1980) Born Callie Russell Porter in Indian Creek, Katherine Anne Porter moved to Hays County with her family following her mother's death in 1892. She left Texas in 1915 and worked as an actress, teacher, reporter, and publicist in such places as Chicago, Denver, Mexico, and New York. Her first book of short stories was published in 1930. Her acclaimed 1962 novel Ship of Fools, was followed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter in 1965. Upon her death in 1980, her ashes were buried next to her mother's grave in Indian Creek Cemetery. (1990)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Katherine Anne Porter Historical Marker Location Map, Brownwood vicinity, Texas