ON THIS DAY IN TEXAS HISTORY – MAY 15th 1890 Author Katherine Anne Porter (Callie Russell Porter) was born in Indian Creek, Texas. She grew up in Kyle, just south of Austin. In addition to such major novels as Ship of Fools and Pale Horse-Pale Rider, she also published Noon Wine, a collection of short stories set in Central Texas. The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (1965) won her the Gold Medal for Fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. Two Texas historical markers were erected in Porters honor: one at Indian Creek Cemetery in Brown County (1990) and another in Kyle (1991).
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 09:36:19 +0000