31 Facts About Eudora Welty

Eudora Alice Welty was an American short story writer, novelist and photographer who wrote about the American South.

Eudora Welty was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America.

Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on April 13,1909, the daughter of Christian Webb Welty and Mary Chestina Welty.

Eudora Welty grew up with younger brothers Edward Jefferson and Walter Andrews.

Eudora Welty later used technology for symbolism in her stories and became an avid photographer, like her father.

Eudora Welty studied at the Mississippi State College for Women from 1925 to 1927, then transferred to the University of Wisconsin to complete her studies in English literature.

Eudora Welty took a job at a local radio station and wrote about Jackson society for the Memphis newspaper Commercial Appeal.

Eudora Welty gained a wider view of Southern life and the human relationships that she drew from for her short stories.

Eudora Welty strengthened her place as an influential Southern writer when she published her first book of short stories, A Curtain of Green.

Eudora Welty wrote it in the first person as the assassin.

Eudora Welty lectured at Harvard University, and eventually adapted her talks as a three-part memoir titled One Writer's Beginnings.

Eudora Welty continued to live in her family house in Jackson until her death from natural causes on July 23,2001.

Eudora Welty's work attracted the attention of author Katherine Anne Porter, who became a mentor to her and wrote the foreword to Welty's first collection of short stories, A Curtain of Green, in 1941.

Excited by the printing of Eudora Welty's works in publications such as The Atlantic Monthly, the Junior League of Jackson, of which Eudora Welty was a member, requested permission from the publishers to reprint some of her works.

Eudora Welty eventually published over forty short stories, five novels, three works of non-fiction, and one children's book.

Eudora Welty's story was published in The New Yorker soon after Byron De La Beckwith's arrest.

Eudora Welty gave a series of addresses at Harvard University, revised and published as One Writer's Beginnings.

Eudora Welty was a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, founded in 1987.

Eudora Welty taught creative writing at colleges and in workshops.

Eudora Welty lived near Jackson's Belhaven College and was a common sight among the people of her home town.

Eudora Welty personally influenced several young Mississippi writers in their careers including Richard Ford, Ellen Gilchrist, and Elizabeth Spencer.

Eudora Welty was a Charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.

Eudora Welty was a prolific writer who created stories in multiple genres.

Eudora Welty said that her interest in the relationships between individuals and their communities stemmed from her natural abilities as an observer.

Eudora Welty's stories are often characterized by the struggle to retain identity while keeping community relationships.

Eudora Welty believed that place is what makes fiction seem real, because with place come customs, feelings, and associations.

Eudora Welty is noted for using mythology to connect her specific characters and locations to universal truths and themes.

Eudora Welty comes home after bringing fire to his boss and is full of male libido and physical strength.

Eudora Welty refers to the figure of Medusa, who in "Petrified Man" and other stories is used to represent powerful or vulgar women.

Locations can allude to mythology, as Eudora Welty proves in her novel Delta Wedding.

Eudora Welty used the symbol to illuminate the two types of attitudes her characters could take about life.