Educated at Mississippi State College for Women and the University of Wisconsin, Welty received a degree in English Literature and then studied advertising at Columbia University. Unable to find work in New York because of the Depression, she returned to Jackson and worked for a local radio station. She published her first short story, Death of a Traveling Salesman, in 1936 in Manuscript magazine. In 1941, she published A Curtain of Green, a collection of short stories, with a forward by Katherine Anne Porter, that firmly established Welty's literary credentials. She became a master of the short story, but also produced six novels and many non-fictional works. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980. In 1996, she was elected to the French Legion of Honour. Her works include A Worn Path (1940), The Robber Bridegroom (1942), The Wide Net and Other Stories (1943), Delta Wedding (1946), Music From Spain (1948), The Golden Apples (1949), The Ponder Heart (1954), The Shoe Bird (1964), Losing Battles (1970), The Optimist's Daughter (1972) and Moon Lake and Other Stories (1980). |
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