Location: Cremated, ashes buried at Indian Creek Cemetery, Indian Creek, Texas, United States
Cause of death: Stroke
Photo taken by: David N. Lotz
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by Katherine Anne Porter
American journalist, essayist, short story writer and novelist. Her 1962 novel Ship of Fools was the best-selling novel in America that year, but her short stories received much more critical acclaim. She is known for her penetrating insight; her work deals with dark themes such as betrayal, death and the origin of human evil.
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by Katherine Anne Porter
American journalist, essayist, short story writer and novelist. Her 1962 novel Ship of Fools was the best-selling novel in America that year, but her short stories received much more critical acclaim. She is known for her penetrating insight; her work deals with dark themes such as betrayal, death and the origin of human evil.
In 1966 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
, and that year was also appointed to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
, and that year was also appointed to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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