Katherine Anne Porter

Birthday: 15 May 1890, Indian Creek, Texas, USA

American writer and novelist Katherine Anne Porter was born at Indian Creek, TX, in 1890. She was raised in Texas and Louisiana, and educated in small convent schools. A writer almost since birth--she ...Show More

As soon as I learned to form letters on paper, at about three years, I began to write stories. As soon as I learned to form letters on paper, at about three years, I began to write stories.

[about her writing career] I did not choose this vocation, and if I had any say in the matter, I wou Show more [about her writing career] I did not choose this vocation, and if I had any say in the matter, I would not have chosen it. Hide

I have written and destroyed manuscripts quite literally b the trunkful. I spent fifteen years wande Show more I have written and destroyed manuscripts quite literally b the trunkful. I spent fifteen years wandering about, weighted horribly with masses of paper and little else. Hide

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Ship of Fools