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Eudora Welty, Richard Wright and William Faulkner Royalty Free Stock Photo

Little Free Library near the Eudora Welty House, with door open, in Belhaven Neighborhood in Jackson, MS Royalty Free Stock Photo

Little Free Library near the Eudora Welty House in Belhaven Neighborhood in Jackson, MS Royalty Free Stock Photo

Mississippi Writer`s Trail sign in front of The Eudora Welty House, a National Historic Landmark, located in the Belhaven Royalty Free Stock Photo

Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 Ã¢â¬â July 23, 2001) was an American short story writer and novelist who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards including 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.