Katherine Anne Porter

Known for: Writer
Date of birth: 1890. May 15.
Place of birth: Indian Creek, Texas, USA

Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980) was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. Her only novel, Ship of Fools (1962), based on her reminiscences of a 1931 ocean cruise she had taken from Mexico to Germany, was the best-selling novel in America of the y...