<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000067590-13-000656.txt : 20130621
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130621101335
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000067590-13-000656
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130621
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130621
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130621

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Prudential Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001534880
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 MULBERRY STREET
		STREET 2:		GATEWAY CENTER THREE
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07102
		BUSINESS PHONE:		973-802-5032

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 MULBERRY STREET
		STREET 2:		GATEWAY CENTER THREE
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07102

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Prudential Short Term High Yield Fund, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20111115

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Karpati Bruce
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001579854

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-22632
		FILM NUMBER:		13926091

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GATEWAY CENTER THREE
		STREET 2:		100 MULBARRY STREET
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07102
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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    <periodOfReport>2013-06-21</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001534880</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Prudential Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ISD</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001579854</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Karpati Bruce</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>GATEWAY CENTER THREE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>100 MULBERRY STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEWARK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>07102</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Compliance Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Andrew R. French POA for Bruce Karpati</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-06-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-99.POA
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>karpatipoa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR BRUCE KARPATI
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned an Officer of Prudential Short
Duration High Yield Fund, Inc. and Prudential Global Short
Duration High Yield Fund, Inc.,hereby constitute, appoint and
authorize each of, Andrew French, Claudia DiGiacomo, Deborah
A. Docs, Raymond OHara, Amanda Ryan, and
Jonathan D. Shain, as true and lawful agents and attorneys-
in-fact, to sign, execute and deliver on his or her behalf
in the appropriate capacities indicated, any registration
statements of the Funds on the appropriate forms, any and
all amendments thereto (including pre- and post-effective
amendments), and any and all supplements or other instruments
in connection therewith, including Form N-PX, Forms 3, 4 and
5, as appropriate, to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") and the securities regulators of appropriate
states and territories, and generally to do all such things
in his or her name and behalf in connection therewith as said
attorney-in-fact deems necessary or appropriate to comply with
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, all related requirements of the SEC and
all requirements of appropriate states and territories.
The undersigned do hereby give to said agents and attorneys
-in-fact full power and authority to act in these premises,
including, but not limited to, the power to appoint a
substitute or substitutes to act hereunder with the same power
and authority as said agents and attorneys-in-fact would have
if personally acting.  The undersigned do hereby approve,
ratify and confirm all that said agents and attorneys-in-fact,
or any substitute or substitutes, may do by virtue hereof.

\s\Bruce Karpati
Bruce Karpati

Dated: June 18, 2013
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