Eudora Welty

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkbp:bfsLayer 2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:award
gptkbp:active_years gptkb:2001
1941
gptkbp:art_movement gptkb:church
gptkb:Realism
gptkbp:associated_act American Literature
Literary Criticism
Mississippi Writers
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:The_Southern_Review
Mississippi Writers
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:award
gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:O._Henry_Award
gptkb:Mississippi_Institute_of_Arts_and_Letters_Award
gptkbp:birth_date April 13, 1909
1909-04-13
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkbp:born gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkb:Welty_House
gptkbp:children gptkb:None
gptkbp:death_date 2001-07-23
July 23, 2001
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin–_Madison
gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:famous_for Essays on writing
Photographic documentation of the South
Short stories about Southern life
gptkbp:famous_quote “ I think that the best stories are the ones that are true.”
“ A good story is a good story, no matter how it is told.”
“ The best thing about writing is that you can do it anywhere.”
“ The writer is the one who, in the end, has to make the story work.”
“ You never know what you can do until you try.”
gptkbp:genre gptkb:anthology
gptkb:Southern_Gothic
gptkb:novel
Literary fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eudora Welty
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Caroline_Gordon
gptkb:Flannery_O'_Connor
gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Henry_James
gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Henry_James
gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:American_South
Southern culture
gptkbp:known_for Southern literature
Vivid imagery
Character-driven narratives
Depictions of the American South
Vivid descriptions of the South
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Robber_Bridegroom
gptkb:The_Shoe_Bird
gptkb:The_Optimist's_Daughter
gptkb:Delta_Wedding
gptkb:The_Ponder_Heart
The Golden Apples
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Author
gptkb:Photographer
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition gptkb:Eudora_Welty_Prize
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:O._Henry_Award
gptkb:Mississippi_Institute_of_Arts_and_Letters_Award
gptkbp:received gptkb:award
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Greenwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:None
gptkbp:style gptkb:church
gptkb:Realism
Regionalism
gptkbp:website eudorawelty.org
gptkbp:work_location gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkb:Borough
gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:Chicago
gptkb:New_Orleans
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Robber_Bridegroom
gptkb:The_Shoe_Bird
gptkb:The_Optimist's_Daughter
gptkb:Delta_Wedding
gptkb:The_Ponder_Heart
Narrative style
Cultural commentary
Exploration of race and gender
The Golden Apples
Losing Battles
One Writer's Beginnings
The Eye of the Story