caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
porter in 1930 18 september 1980 silver spring , maryland , u.s. 1920 -- 1977 indian creek , texas , u.s. katherine anne porter 15 may 1890 john ernest stock -lrb- 1926-1927 -rrb- -lrb- divorced -rrb- eugene pressly henry -lrb- 1930-1938 -rrb- -lrb- divorced -rrb- albert russel erskine , koontz jr. -lrb- 1938-1942 -rrb- -lrb- divorced -rrb- -lrb- 1906-1915 -rrb- -lrb- divorced -rrb- katherine anne porter.jpg katherine anne porter
 callie russell porter journalist , essayist , writer , novelist
katherine anne porter

katherine anne porter -lrb- may 15 , 1890 -- september 18 , 1980 -rrb- 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 .
