Eudora Welty

1909 - 2001

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Peterhouse, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Columbia Business School, Mississippi University for Women, Columbia University, Central High School

occupation: photographer, novelist, writer, literary critic, autobiographer, artist

award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, O. Henry Award, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, honorary doctor of Brandeis University, Presidential Medal of Freedom, St. Louis Literary Award, National Book Award for Fiction, Lillian Smith Book Award, Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service, National Medal of Arts, Helmerich Award, Rea Award for the Short Story, PEN/Malamud Award, Charles Frankel Prize, America Award in Literature, National Women's Hall of Fame, William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

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. Source: Wikipedia (en)