Eudora Welty AKA Eudora Alice Welty
Born: 13-Apr-1909 Birthplace: Jackson, MS [1] Died: 23-Jul-2001 Location of death: Jackson, MS [2] Cause of death: Pneumonia Remains: Buried, Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, MS
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Author Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Optimist's Daughter [1] North Congress Street, Jackson, MS.
[2] Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, MS.
Father: Christian Webb Welty (insurance executive, b. 1879, d. 1931) Mother: Chestina Andrews (b. 1883, d. 1966) Brother: Edward Jefferson Welty Brother: Walter Andrews Welty
High School: Central High School, Jackson, MS (1925) University: Mississippi State College for Women University: BA, University of Wisconsin (1929) University: Columbia University
American Academy of Arts and Letters 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1973 for The Optimist's Daughter National Book Award for Fiction 1983 for The Collected Stories National Women's Hall of Fame 2000 Edgar Allan Poe Award Raven Award (1985) Presidential Medal of Freedom 1980 French Legion of Honor 1996 Guggenheim Fellowship 1942 Guggenheim Fellowship 1949 National Medal of Arts 1986
Author of books:
A Curtain of Green (1941, short stories) The Robber Bridegroom (1942, novel) The Wide Net: And Other Stories (1943, short stories) Delta Wedding (1946, novel) The Golden Apples (1949, short stories) The Ponder Heart (1954, novel) The Bride of the Innisfallen: And Other Stories (1955, short stories) Thirteen Stories (1965, short stories) Losing Battles (1970, novel) The Optimist's Daughter (1972, novel) The Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews (1978, short story) Collected Stories (1980, short stories) One Writer's Beginnings (1984, memoir)
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