Quick Facts About Eudora Welty
- Born
- April 13, 1909
- Died
- July 23, 2001
- Nationality
- United States
- Profession
- Photographer
- Notable works
- Great American Short Stories
- Known for
- The Ponder Heart, The Robber Bridegroom, A Curtain of Green, A Worn Path, Music from Spain
About Eudora Welty
Welty earned the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for her novel The Optimist's Daughter and also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the South. She was the first living author published by the Library of America, and her home in Jackson, Mississippi, is a National Historic Landmark that operates as a house museum.
Awards & Honors
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Charles Frankel Prize
honorary doctor of Brandeis University
honorary doctorate of University of Burgundy
Presidential Medal of Freedom
O. Henry Award
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
PEN/Malamud Award
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Guggenheim Fellowship
National Medal of Arts
National Women's Hall of Fame
Rea Award for the Short Story
William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
National Book Award for Fiction
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
Helmerich Award
Lillian Smith Book Award
St. Louis Literary Award
America Award in Literature
