Eudora Welty

Eudora Alice Welty was an American short story writer, novelist and photographer who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and 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.

Books by Eudora Welty

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The Optimist's Daughter
Eudora Welty
3.5 (16k) average on GoodreadsFiction
A daughter returns to her Southern hometown after her father's death, uncovering family truths and her own identity within the rooms of her childhood home.
Delta Wedding
Eudora Welty
3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
In 1923, a recently orphaned nine-year-old girl attends a cousin's wedding, navigating her aristocratic Mississippi Delta family's bewildering, boisterous, and ultimately beguiling world, seeking acceptance and understanding.
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty
Fiction
Eudora Welty's "The Collected Stories" explores the human heart of the American South over four decades, showing ordinary lives with grace and unexpected turns.