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Also Known As	Eudora Alice Welty
Born	April 13, 1909 • Jackson • Mississippi
Died	July 23, 2001 (aged 92) • Jackson • Mississippi
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize • Presidential Medal of Freedom (1980)
Notable Works	“A Curtain of Green” • “Delta Wedding” • “Losing Battles” • “One Writer’s Beginnings” • “The Eye of the Story” • “The Golden Apples” • “The Optimist’s Daughter” • “The Petrified Man” • “The Ponder Heart” • “The Wide Net and Other Stories” • “Why I Live at the P.O.”