Eudora Welty

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American writer human novelist photographer short story writer

Eudora Welty was an American author known for her richly detailed short stories and novels set in the American South, often blending Southern Gothic elements with keen psychological insight and a strong sense of place.

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Label Occurrences
Eudora Welty canonical 21
Eudora Alice Welty 1
Welty 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
surface form: National Book Award

National Medal of Arts ⓘ
O. Henry Award ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-04-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2001-07-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia Business School ⓘ
surface form: Columbia University School of Business

Mississippi University for Women ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi State College for Women

University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Eudora Welty self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Welty
fieldOfWork American South in literature ⓘ
fullName Eudora Welty self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eudora Alice Welty
gender female ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
novel ⓘ
short story ⓘ
givenName Eudora ⓘ
hasSignatureWork The Optimist’s Daughter ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
movement Southern literature ⓘ
notableWork A Curtain of Green and Other Stories ⓘ
Delta Wedding ⓘ
One Writer’s Beginnings ⓘ
The Golden Apples ⓘ
The Optimist’s Daughter ⓘ
The Ponder Heart ⓘ
The Wide Net and Other Stories ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Jackson, Mississippi, United States
placeOfDeath Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Jackson, Mississippi, United States
placeOfResidence Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Jackson, Mississippi, United States
writingStyleCharacteristic psychological insight ⓘ
richly detailed description ⓘ
strong sense of place ⓘ
use of Southern Gothic elements ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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Southern Gothic → associatedWithAuthor → Eudora Welty ⓘ
National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters → notableRecipient → Eudora Welty ⓘ
William Dean Howells Medal → hasRecipient → Eudora Welty ⓘ
National Book Award for Fiction → notableWinner → Eudora Welty ⓘ
Eudora Welty → fullName → Eudora Welty self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eudora Alice Welty
Eudora Welty → familyName → Eudora Welty self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Welty
Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities → notableRecipient → Eudora Welty ⓘ
Mademoiselle magazine → notableContributor → Eudora Welty ⓘ
subject surface form: Mademoiselle
St. Louis Literary Award → notableRecipient → Eudora Welty ⓘ
Southern Renaissance → hasNotableAuthor → Eudora Welty ⓘ
Anne Tyler → influencedBy → Eudora Welty ⓘ
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories → author → Eudora Welty ⓘ
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories → hasContributor → Eudora Welty ⓘ
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories → isNotableWorkOf → Eudora Welty ⓘ
Delta Wedding → author → Eudora Welty ⓘ
The Golden Apples → author → Eudora Welty ⓘ
The Ponder Heart → author → Eudora Welty ⓘ
The Ponder Heart → workOfAuthor → Eudora Welty ⓘ
The Optimist’s Daughter → author → Eudora Welty ⓘ
The Optimist’s Daughter → writtenBy → Eudora Welty ⓘ
One Writer’s Beginnings → author → Eudora Welty ⓘ
One Writer’s Beginnings → mainSubject → Eudora Welty ⓘ
The Wide Net and Other Stories → author → Eudora Welty ⓘ