Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American author of short stories and novels about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards including 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.
On writing: A thing is incredible, if ever, only after it is told -- returned to the world it came out of.
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On childhood: Setting out in the world, a child feels so indelible. He only comes to find out later that it's all the others along his way who are making themselves indelible to him.
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On mothering: Childhood's learning is made up of moments. It isn't steady: It's a pulse.
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On solitude: Surely even those immune from the world...need the touch of another.
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Fact
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She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1986 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
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The grandmother in the Addams Family tv series and movies is named after her.
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The character Eudora Welton in Flamingo Road (1980) is named after her.
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Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Was a writer for WJDX-AM in the 1920s.
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Won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for her novel "The Optimist's Daughter".
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Her short story "Why I Live at the P.O". is a staple of college literature anthologies.
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Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1929.
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The email program Eudora is named after her.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Purple Hat
2010
Short story
A Visit of Charity
2009
Short short story
The Frost Whistle
2008
Short story by
The Frost Whistle: An Adaptation
2008
Short short story
Masterpiece Classic
2001
TV Series novel - 1 episode
The Ponder Heart
2001
TV Movie novel
Why I Live at the P.O.
1998
Short story
The Key
1996
Short story
A Worn Path
1994
short story
The Hitch-Hikers
1989
story
American Experience
1989
TV Series documentary autobiography "One Writer's Beginnings" - 1 episode
$700,000
