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 …

Eudora Welty, American short-story writer and novelist whose work is mainly focused with great precision on the regional manners of people inhabiting a small Mississippi town that resembles …

Research the most extensive collection of Eudora Welty materials in the world. The Eudora Welty Collection is managed, housed, and made available for research by the Mississippi …

After a short illness and as the result of cardio-pulmonary failure, Eudora Welty died on 23 July 2001, in Jackson, Mississippi, her lifelong home, where she is buried.

Even toward the end of her life, the writer revealed a youthful zest for life and art. Like Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, and a few others, Eudora Welty endures in national memory as the …

Eudora Welty was born on April 13, 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi. Author of five novels and numerous short stories and essays, Welty's work spans the 20th century. She is known for her …

Welty, Eudora (1909–2001) American writer, considered one of the greatest literary figures of the 20th century, whose short stories, novels, and essays evoke the vibrant culture of her native …

Jul 22, 2001 · Welty's fictional chronicle of Mississippi life adds a major comic vision to American literature, a vision that supports the power of community and family life and at the same time …

"Our knowledge depends upon the living relationship between what we see going on and ourselves." "A place that ever was lived in is like a fire that never goes out." "Our garden was a …

Eudora Welty, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 1973, is widely recognized as a preeminent novelist and short-story writer.