Welty, Eudora

1. A twentieth-century American writer known for her short stories and novels that depict the people and life of the rural South. Her works include such collections as The Golden Apples and the novels Ponder the Heart and the Pulitzer Prize –winning The Optimist's Daughter.

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He told Flagg he had an extra ticket to see Eudora Welty at the 92nd Street Y the following week and invited her to use it.

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None of these characters would be caught dead in a novel by John Steinbeck, Carson McCullers, or Eudora Welty.

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Writers ranging from Ray Bradbury to Eudora Welty to Amos Oz have credited this classic text as an influence.

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Nadine Gordimer once called Phillips “the best short-story writer since Eudora Welty.”

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