Eudora Welty
Also known as Eudora Alice Welty
American short story writer, novelist and photographer (1909-2001)
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- 1909
- Died
- 2001
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- 157
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- The golden apples
- Presentation to William Faulkner of the Gold Medal for fiction
- Eudora Welty
- The whole world knows
- The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
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Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an award-winning American author who wrote short stories and novels about the American South. Her book, The Optimist's Daughter, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 and Welty was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. Her house in Jackson, Mississippi, is a National Historic Landmark and open to the public as a museum. <a href="https
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Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American short-story writer, novelist, and photographer who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the South. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. Her house in Jackson, Mississippi, has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and is open to the public as a house museum.
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1909 births2001 deaths20th-century American novelists20th-century American photographers20th-century American short story writers20th-century American women novelists20th-century American women photographersAmerican women short story writersBurials at Greenwood Cemetery (Jackson, Mississippi)Columbia Business School alumniDeaths from pneumonia in Mississippi