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The Quiet Greatness of Eudora Welty
And while she sat with me for one of her last interviews, Welty seemed acutely aware that she had been young once—and slightly surprised, like so many people touched by advancing age, that the seasons had worked their will upon her so quickly.
Physical decline had kept Welty from the prized camellias planted out back, and they were now forced to fend for themselves. “The garden is gone. It makes me ill to look at it,” she told me in her signature Southern drawl. “But I’m not complaining. It’s just the state of things.”
Welty’s comment about the sad state of her yard was just a passing remark, and yet it appeared to point toward the center of her artistic vision, which seemed keenly alert to the way that time pressed, like a front of weather, on every living thing.
What Welty once wrote of E. B. White’s work could just as easily describe her literary ideal: “The transitory more and more becomes one with the beautiful.” Her three avocations—gard
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A DARING LIFE BEGINS
Eudora Welty was born on April 13, 1909, in Jackson, Mississippi. From her father, Christian, she inherited a “love for all instruments that instruct and fascinate”—like telescopes, radios, and cameras—while her mother, Chestina, passed down her passion for reading, writing, and gardening. With her younger brothers Edward and Walter, Welty shared bonds of devotion, camaraderie, and humor. Growing up in a home that nourished curiosity and close relationships put Welty on a path to become an acclaimed photographer, an avid gardener, and one of America’s most notable writers.
A TASTE OF NEW YORK
Welty graduated high school at age 16 in 1925. Following an “al fresco” graduation party in the Welty garden, she attended Mississippi State College for Women (now Mississippi University for Women) and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin. Drawn to the vibrant theater, art, and literary scene in New York City, she enrolled in graduat
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Eudora Welty
American writer and photographer (1909–2001)
Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) 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 bygd the Library of amerika. Her house in Jackson, Mississippi has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and is open to the public as a house museum.
Biography
[edit]Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on April 13, 1909, the daughter of Christian Webb Welty (1879–1931) and Mary Chestina (Andrews) Welty (1883–1966). She grew up with younger brothers Edward Jefferson and Walter Andrews.[1] Her mother was a schoolteacher. Her family were members of the Methodist church.[2] Her childhood home is still stan