Kate ChopinAn American writer of short stories and novels, Kate Chopin was born in Louisiana on February 8, 1850, and she passed away on August 22, 1904. She is one of the more popular and well-known writers of Louisiana Creole descent and is thought by researcers to have been a precursor of American 20th-century female novelists of Southern or Catholic background, such as Zelda Fitzgerald. She is best known for the novel The Awakening, published in 1899. Chopin was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and had Irish and French ancestry. She got married and went to New Orleans with her spouse. Later, they settled in a rural area near Cloutierville, Louisiana. Chopin published both kid-friendly and adult-friendly short stories between 1892 and 1895 in a number of major publications, including Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, The Century Magazine, and The Youth's Companion. Because of her subjects and method, her stories sparked debate; some critics deemed them immoral. Her two short story collections and two novels are considered her key works. Bayou Folk (1894) and A Night in Acadie are the compilations (1897). Her notable short stories include "The Story of an Hour" (1894), "The Storm," and "Désirée's Baby," which is a story about miscegenation in pre-Civil War Louisiana (1898). Read More Read Less