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.
Known for:
The Ponder Heart|The Robber Bridegroom|A Curtain of Green|A Worn Path|Music from Spain|One Writer's Beginnings|The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty|The Optimist's Daughter
Notable works:
Great American Short Stories
Awards:
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|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
