KatherineAnnePorter
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KatherineAnnePorter (May15, 1890-September18, 1980) wasAmericanjournalist, essayist, shortstorywriter, novelist, .In1930, shepublishedherfirstshortstorycollection,, (1962) toppedtheNewYorkTimesFictionBestSellerslistthatyear, remainingthelongestontopforexactlyhalfayear — fromApriltoNovember.In1966, shewasawardedPulitzerPrizeforFictionandNationalBookAward (1966) forTheCollectedStoriesofKatherineAnnePorter (1965)., particularlyhershortstoriesandessays, receivedgreatcriticalacclaimforherpenetratinginsightintothedarksideoftheaverageindividualswhoareimpoverishedbythemodernenvironment, andheruseofdarkthemesincludingguilt, betrayal, isolation, death, , butofhumansociety, madePorteramajorvoiceintwentiethcenturyAmericanliterature.
Apartfromteaching, inthelate1940sand1950s, PortertaughtatStanfordUniversity, theUniversityofMichigan, WashingtonandLeeUniversity, andtheUniversityofTexas, whereherundisciplined, unconventionalmannerofteachingmadeherextremelypopularwithstudents.Shealsooccasionallyappearedontelevisioninthe1950sand1960sonprogramsdiscussingliterature.
ThefollowingessayThefutureisnowwasfirstpublishedinMademoisellein1950, andcollectedinTheDaysBefore (1952).
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