Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an award-winning American author and photographer who wrote about the American south. She was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and lived a significant portion of her life in the city's Belhaven neighborhood, where her home has been preserved.
Her first short story, "Death of a Traveling Salesman," appeared in 1936. Her work attracted the attention of 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. The book immediately established Welty as one of American literature's leading lights and featured the legendary and oft-anthologized stories "Why I Live at the P.O.," "Petrified Man," and "A Worn Path." Her novel, The Optimist's Daughter, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1973.
I'm not quite sure how I happened upon this wonderfully charming southern writer, but I am captivated with her eloquent sassy style. I recently finished reading Conversations with Eudora Welty by Peggy Prenshaw. This is a thoroughly enjoyable collection of interviews and profiles on the legendary miss Welty that were published in various magazines and newspapers. Throughout the book, she speaks about her research and her thoughts on writing, writers, and her work. She appeared to be a delightful interviewee, as her humor and southern wit came through the pages loud and clear.
Watch for her quotes to come....
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