katherine anne porter

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Definition of katherine anne porter in English English dictionary

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 include Flowering Judas (1930), her first and most popular; Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939), a set of three novellas; and Collected Short Stories (1965, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award). Her stories have a richness of texture and complexity of character delineation usually achieved only in the novel. Ship of Fools (1962) is her only novel

Hyphenation

Kath·er·ine anne por·ter

Turkish pronunciation

käthrîn än pôrtır

Pronunciation

/ˈkaᴛʜrən ˈan ˈpôrtər/ /ˈkæθrɪn ˈæn ˈpɔːrtɜr/