Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he...
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Henry O (simplified Chinese: 欧亨利; traditional Chinese: 歐亨利; pinyin: Ōu Hēnglì; born July 27, 1927) is a Chinese-American former actor. He is the father...
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Federation (WWF, now WWE) in the mid to late 1990s under the ring name Henry O. Godwinn. He is also known for his appearances with World Championship...
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The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry...
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The O. Henry Hotel is a hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina. The O. Henry is named after American writer and Greensboro native William Sydney Porter,...
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of William Sydney Porter, O. Henry. Williamson was thought by some to have been a fan of O. Henry stories, and an O. Henry story about peanuts might have...
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O. Henry House refers to two homes which the author, William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry lived. Both of these homes are located in Texas. In...
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O. Henry's Full House is a 1952 American anthology film made by 20th Century Fox, consisting of five films, each based on a story by O. Henry. The film...
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The Gift of the Magi (redirect from The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry story))
"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge...
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Flannery O'Connor (redirect from Flannery o connor)
Literary influences include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Henry James. Early: Wise Blood completed and published. In this period, satirical...
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Henry O. Studley (1838–1925) was an organ and piano maker, carpenter, stonemason, and Freemason who worked for the Smith Organ Co. and later for the Poole...
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Department of Justice. President Bill Clinton posthumously pardoned Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper on February 19, 1999, 118 years after his conviction. Flipper...
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The O. Henry Playhouse was an early American anthology television series which featured television adaptations of short stories written by 19th-century...
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The O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships is a yearly spoken word competition that takes place every May at the O. Henry Museum in Austin, Texas. Started...
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O. Henry Prize for "The Hunter's Wife" (Short story) 2003: New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, winner, The Shell Collector 2003: O....
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Henry Ó Mealláin, O.F.M. (c. 1579 – after 1642) was an Irish Franciscan friar, and sometime Guardian of the Franciscan Friars of Armagh. Ó Mealláin was...
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Story (magazine) (section O. Henry Awards)
Educated Grocer", would also claim an O. Henry Award in 1940. In 1935, Nelson Algren won the first of his three O. Henry Awards for his short story "The Brother's...
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Al Jennings (redirect from Through the Shadows With O. Henry)
Jennings became a celebrity. In 1904 William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry, published the short story "Holding Up a Train," a story inspired by Jennings's...
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Rachel Kondo (category O. Henry Award winners)
producer. Her short story "Girl of Few Seasons" was a finalist for the O. Henry Award. Alongside her husband Justin Marks, she is also a executive producer...
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After Twenty Years (category Short stories by O. Henry)
"After Twenty Years" is a short story written by O. Henry, first published in his anthology, The Four Million in 1906. Jimmy Wells and Bob were raised...
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O. Henry Hall, formerly known as the U.S. Post Office and Federal Building, is a historic courthouse and post office in Austin, Texas. It is located within...
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Henry Ó Cormacáin, last Abbot of Clonfert, fl. c. 1534-c. 1567. Ó Cormacáin was a member of an ecclesiastical family based in Síol Anmchadha, in what...
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comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in Everybody's...
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1988. PEN/Faulkner Award, best novel of the year, 1988, for World's End. O. Henry Award, 1988. "Sinking House," from The Atlantic Monthly. Commonwealth Club...
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City of the Violet Crown (category O. Henry)
The Rolling Stone published October 27, 1894. In chapter 2 of Tictocq, O. Henry writes: "The drawing-rooms of one of the most magnificent private residences...
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Banana republic (category O. Henry)
dependent upon the export of natural resources. In 1904, American author O. Henry coined the term to describe Guatemala and Honduras under economic exploitation...
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Henry O. Schowalter (August 4, 1909 – March 24, 1998) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Schowalter was born on August 4, 1909, in Jackson...
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Joyce Carol Oates (category O. Henry Award winners)
writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel Them (1969), two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize (2019)....
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The Cop and the Anthem (category Short stories by O. Henry)
short story by the United States author O. Henry. It includes several of the classic elements of an O. Henry story, including a setting in New York City...
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Award for fiction in 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2004, and second prize in the O. Henry Awards in 1997. His first story collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline...
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