William Sydney Porter

GPTKB entity

Properties (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Author
gptkbp:adaptation Film adaptations
Television adaptations
gptkbp:artMovement Realism
Naturalism
gptkbp:awards gptkb:O._Henry_Award
gptkbp:birthDate September 11, 1862
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Greensboro,_North_Carolina,_USA
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Green-Wood_Cemetery
gptkbp:children Margaret_Porter
gptkbp:deathDate June 5, 1910
gptkbp:deathPlace New_York_City,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:education gptkb:North_Carolina_State_University
gptkbp:famousFor Twist endings
gptkbp:famousQuote "Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."
"The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."
It_is_the_gift_of_the_Magi_that_makes_the_story_so_beautiful.
gptkbp:genre Fiction
gptkbp:has gptkb:O._Henry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Sydney Porter
gptkbp:influenceOn American_literature
Contemporary_short_story_writers
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:Anton_Chekhov
gptkb:Guy_de_Maupassant
gptkbp:inspiredBy Life experiences
Urban life
American_culture
gptkbp:knownFor Short stories
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Ransom_of_Red_Chief
The Gift of the Magi
The Last Leaf
gptkbp:occupation Writer
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition gptkb:The_Complete_Works_of_O._Henry
gptkb:O._Henry_Memorial_Award_Prize_Stories
gptkbp:signature O._Henry_signature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Athol_Estes
gptkbp:worksAt gptkb:The_New_York_Evening_Post
gptkb:The_Houston_Post