Eudora Welty

Known For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1909-04-13

Deathday

2001-07-23 (92 years old)

Birth Place

Jackson, United States

Citizenships

United States

Residences

Eudora Welty House · Mississippi · Jackson, United States of America

Awards

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