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Eudora Welty

1909 - 2001

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Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American short-story writer, novelist and photographer who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the South. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eudora Welty is the 4,340th most popular writer (up from 4,655th in 2019), the 6,447th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,291st in 2019) and the 492nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Eudora Welty ranks 4,340 out of 7,302. Before her are Yuri Bondarev, Walter Savage Landor, Robert Jungk, Joss Whedon, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and Eva Kotchever. After her are Giuseppe Adami, Astrid Ivask, John Lyly, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Eduard von Keyserling, and Roberto Saviano.

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Among people born in 1909, Eudora Welty ranks 254. Before her are Milovan Jakšić, Margita Figuli, Szymon Goldberg, Sven Jonasson, Shura Cherkassky, and Bernabé Ferreyra. After her are Ciro Alegría, Gheorghe Albu, Claude Chevalley, Song Renqiong, Estella Agsteribbe, and Arthur Machado. Among people deceased in 2001, Eudora Welty ranks 202. Before her are Christl Haas, Pauline Kael, John C. Lilly, Renée Schuurman, Jane Greer, and Luise Krüger. After her are Gordon R. Dickson, Franco Rasetti, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Nancye Wynne Bolton, and Bernard Heuvelmans.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eudora Welty ranks 6,448 out of 20,380. Before her are Brutus Beefcake (1957), John Romita Jr. (1956), Pauline Pfeiffer (1895), Arthur Laffer (1940), Joss Whedon (1964), and Gordon Matta-Clark (1943). After her are Walter Burley Griffin (1876), Greg K. (1965), Louis Jordan (1908), Eric Shinseki (1942), Stephen Breyer (1938), and George Horine (1890).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Eudora Welty ranks 492. Before her are E. B. White (1899), Julia Quinn (1970), Camille Paglia (1947), James Blish (1921), Richard Powers (1957), and Joss Whedon (1964). After her are Betty Mahmoody (1945), Irving Wallace (1916), Diane Ackerman (1948), James Salter (1925), Connie Willis (1945), and Kathy Acker (1947).

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