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Katherine Anne Porter was a celebrated American journalist, essayist, short story writer and novelist.  All of Porter’s fictions are produced with prudence and precision. In these fictions the carefully designed structure ,scrupulously depicted characters ,and rich and real details impress the reader and critics deeply. She is regarded as a stylist. 1. Biography 2. Works 3. Writing styles 1890 born in Indian Creek, Texas. 1891~1901 lived with her grandmother in Kyle Texas. 1902~1905 went to Thomas school and got a year of post-grammar school education. 1906~1915 left home and married John Henry Koontz and then divorced. 1914~1916 worked as an actress and a singer. 1917 began writing for Fort Woth Critics. 1918 wrote for Rocky Mountain News 1919 did ghost writing. 1920 worked for a magazine publisher in Mexico. 1920 ~1930 published short stories and essays. 1926 married Ernest Stock but divorced in 1927. 1930s spent several years in Europe. 1930~1938 married Eugene Pressley. 1938 ~1942 married Albert Russell Erskine 1948 -1958 taught at universities. 1962 published her only novel Ship of Fools. 1980 Died in Silver Spring ,Maryland at the age 90. Awards and honors 1966 — Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Stories (1965) 1966 — National Book Award for The Collected Stories (1965) 1967 — Gold Medal Award for Fiction (American Academy of Arts and Letters) Three nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature 2006 — Porter was featured on a United States postage stamp issued 15 May 2006. She was the 22nd person featured in the Literary Arts commemorative stamp series. Anne Porter said: “everything I ever wrote in the way of fiction is based very securely on something real in life.” Her travels gave her a diverse pool of inspiration. Miranda’s stories --------Porter’s own