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The O. Henry House has been the site of the O. Henry Pun-Off, an annual spoken word competition inspired by Porter's love of language, since 1978. (Dr. Samuel E. Gideon, a historical architect and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, was a strong advocate for the saving of the O. Henry House in Austin.)
The O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships was inspired by the writings of William Sydney Porter who, while living in Austin, Texas, in the late 1800s, began using the pen name O. Henry. By the time of his death in 1910, O. Henry had published over 300 short stories including "The Ransom of Red Chief" and the Christmas classic "Gift of the Magi ...
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. [2]The film was produced by André Hakim and directed by five directors from five screenplays with different authors.
The Cisco Kid is a fictional character found in numerous film, radio, television and 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 Magazine, vol. 17 (July 1907), as well as in the collection Heart of the West (1907).
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.. The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories is an annual collection of the year's twenty best stories published in U.S. and Canadian magazines.
A heartbreaking loss. NBC News reporter Richard Engel announced the death of his 6-year-old son, Henry, who battled a rare neurological disorder. Celebrity Heath Scares Through the Years Read ...
COMMENT: In the wake of the One Direction star’s tragic death, Payne’s former partner Maya Henry has been caught in a maelstrom of toxic public discourse, writes Olivia Petter
Oliviero Toscani, the fashion photographer and art director known for Italian clothing brand Benetton’s provocative advertising campaigns, has died.He was 82. Toscani had been admitted to ...