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95 Appendix 2 Chronology of Eudora Welty’s Life 1909 On April 13 Eudora Alice Welty born to Christian and Chestina Welty. 1912 Brother Edward born. 1915 Brother Walter born. 1925 Moves into the house at 1119 Pinehurst Place; graduates from Jackson High School. 1925–27 Attends Mississippi State College for Women, Columbus, Mississippi. 1927–29 Attends and graduates from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. 1930–31 Attends Columbia University School of Business, New York, New York. 1931 Christian Welty dies. 1931–33 Eudora works at WJDX radio station, Jackson, Mississippi. 1936 First photography exhibit at Lugene Opticians, Inc., New York City;“Death of a Traveling Salesman” and“Magic” published in Manuscript magazine; works for the Works Progress Administration. 1937–39 Ten stories published in three different magazines: South ern Review, Prairie Schooner, and River. 1940 Eudora hires Diarmuid Russell as agent; he serves as her agent until his death in 1973. 1941 Eudora’s first collection of stories, A Curtain of Green, is published. 96 Appendix 2: Chronology of Eudora Welty’s Life 1942 Eudora receives Guggenheim Fellowship but because of World War II stays in Jackson. 1949 Eudora receives second Guggenheim Fellowship and this time uses it to travel to Europe. 1952 Eudora elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters. 1959 Eudora’s brother Walter dies. 1966 In January Eudora’s mother, Chestina, and brother, Edward, die, just four days apart. 1972 The Optimist’s Daughter is published in its revised and expanded form; Eudora receives the Gold Medal for Fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters and is elected to the American Academy. 1973 Eudora receives the Pulitzer Prize. 1980 Eudora receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 1981 Eudora receives the National Medal of Literature. 1984 One Writer’s Beginnings is published. 1986 Eudora receives National Medal of the Arts. 1996 Eudora receives the French Legion of Honor. 1998 The Library of America publishes two volumes of Eudora’s works, including fiction and nonfiction.“Welty was the first living author to be published in this series, joining greats such as Twain, Irving, Melville and Faulkner.” 2001 On July 23 Eudora dies, age ninety-two. ...

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