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
Eudora Alice Welty 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.
Biography source:
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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
