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- Birth nameCatherine O'Flaherty
- Kate Chopin was born on February 8, 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was a writer, known for The Story of an Hour, Grand Isle (1991) and The End of August (1981). She was married to Oscar Chopin. She died on August 22, 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- SpouseOscar Chopin(1870 - 1882) (his death, 6 children)
- Main characters were sensitive, intelligent females
- Stories were mostly set in Louisiana.
- Her best known novel is The Awakening.
- Six children with Chopin: Jean Baptiste, Oscar Charles, George Francis, Frederick, Felix Andrew, and Lelia.
- Husband, Oscar Chopin, was of French descent and ran a cotton farm and general store. He died of malaria in 1882.
- Spoke English and French.
- Father, Thomas O'Flaherty, was born in Ireland and died in 1855 in a railroad accident. Mother, Eliza Faris, was born in St. Louis, Missouri and was of French descent.
- On art: To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have been acquired by one's own effort. And moreover, to succeed, the artist must possess the courageous soul...the brave soul. The soul that dares and defies.
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