Welty

American

[wel-tee] / ˈwɛl ti /

noun

Eudora 1909–2001, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.

Welty British

/ ˈwɛltɪ /

noun

Eudora. 1909–2001, US novelist and short-story writer, noted for her depiction of life in the Mississippi delta. Her novels include Delta Wedding (1946) and The Optimist's Daughter (1972)

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“To Absent Friends” draws its title from a favorite Welty toast, a gesture that surely acquired special poignancy after Lyell died of congestive heart failure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Welty and Lyell were about the same age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

“Here was a real writer with an editor and an agent,” Gilchrist said of Welty.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Gilchrist married before completing her bachelor’s degree, and she said that as a young mother she took writing classes from Welty at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

They pushed open the door just in time to hear the customer say, “You said the Welty would be in! I came all the way across the city.”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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