1 followers

Katherine Anne Porter

(Callie Russell Porter)

(1890 - 1980)

Katherine Anne Porter was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. She is known for her penetrating insight; her works deal with dark themes such as betrayal, death and the origin of human evil.

Novels

   Hacienda (1934)
   Noon Wine (1937)
   Downward Path to Wisdom (1939)
   The Flower of Flowers (1950)
   The Days Before (1952)
   A Wreath for the Gamekeeper (1959)
   Ship of Fools (1962)
   Gracious Greatness (1964)
   The Never-Ending Wrong (1977)

Omnibus

Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939)

Collections

   Flowering Judas (1930)
   Leaning Tower and Other Stories (1944)
   Old Order (1955)
   Collected Short Stories (1964)
   Uncollected Early Prose of Katherine Anne Porter (poems) (1993)
   Katherine Anne Porter's Poetry (poems) (1996)

Novellas

The Cracked Looking-Glass (1932)

Non fiction

   Outline of Mexican popular arts and crafts (1922)
   Eudora Welty (1941)
   Gertrude Stein, a self-portrait (1953)
   Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations (1987)
   The Collected Essays and Occasional Writings of Katherine Anne Porter (1990)
   Letters of Katherine Anne Porter (1990)

Anthologies containing stories by Katherine Anne Porter

Reading I've Liked (1946)
Points of View (1966)

Short stories

	Noon Wine [short story]
	Maria Concepcion (1930)

Awards

	National Book Award for Fiction Best Book winner (1966) : Collected Short Stories
	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (1966) : Collected Short Stories

Books about Katherine Anne Porter

Katherine Anne Porter (1979) by Robert Penn Warren
Katherine Anne Porter (1982) by Joan Givner