Author
Eudora Welty
April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001 · United States
Photographer, Novelist, Writer, Literary critic, Autobiographer, Artist, Short story writer
Titles on list
4
Total weeks
58
Peak rank
#2
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Biography
- Born
- April 13, 1909 · Jackson
- Died
- July 23, 2001 · Jackson
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Peterhouse, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Columbia Business School, Mississippi University for Women, Columbia University, Central High School
Awards & Honours
- 1942Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1942O. Henry Award
- 1955William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 1969Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1973Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- 1979honorary doctor of Brandeis University
- 1980Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 1983St. Louis Literary Award
- 1983National Book Award for Fiction
- 1984Lillian Smith Book Award
- 1984Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
- 1986National Medal of Arts
- 1991Helmerich Award
- 1992Rea Award for the Short Story
- 1992PEN/Malamud Award
- 1992Charles Frankel Prize
- 1993honorary doctorate of University of Burgundy
- 2000America Award in Literature
- 2000National Women's Hall of Fame
On the Bestseller Lists
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