Awards & Winners

Katherine Anne Porter

Date of Birth 15-May-1890
Place of Birth Indian Creek
(United States of America, Texas, Brown County)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Callie Russell Porter
Profession Writer, Journalist, Novelist, Essayist
Katherine Anne Porter was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. 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 1990, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 2905 was placed in Brown County, Texas to honor the life and career of Porter.

Awards by Katherine Anne Porter

Check all the awards nominated and won by Katherine Anne Porter.

1972


Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Short Story The Spivvleton Mystery
Ladies' Home Journal","Volume: August '71

1966


National Book Award for Fiction
Honored for : The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Honored for : The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Fiction The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter

1963


Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Fiction Ship of Fools

1953


Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Nonfiction The Days Before