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Eudora Welty House view detail comment email this

Website for this National Historic Landmark in Jackson, Mississippi, that was the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eudora Welty for 76 years. Features a virtual tour of the house and garden (with a monthly flower bloom chart), a brief biography, and event listings (mostly in Mississippi) for the 2009 centennial of Welty's birth. From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
http://mdah.state.ms.us/welty/
Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women

Last updated Oct 28, 2009


The Mississippi Writers Page view detail comment email this

A site "about writers in, from, or otherwise associated with the state of Mississippi," including William Faulkner, Shelby Foote, John Grisham, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, Tennessee Williams, puppeteer Jim Henson, civil rights activist Medgar Evars, and others. Completed entries contain biographical and bibliographical information, photographs, and links to related Web sites. Searchable; includes a timeline, literary news, and lists of Mississippi periodicals and publishers. From the Department of English at the University of Mississippi.
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english//ms-writers/
Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Photograph Collections: History

Last updated Sep 29, 2003


Writers: Eudora Welty view detail comment email this

Special feature on author and photographer Eudora Welty (1909-2001), who won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Optimist's Daughter." Includes a tribute, bibliography, list of Welty's awards and honors, links to lesson plans and other websites (some broken), and an audio program. From Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
http://www.mpbonline.org/television/series/writers/101-welty/
Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women

Last updated Feb 10, 2009




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