Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi on April 13th, 1909 and passed away at the age of 92 on July 23rd, 2001.

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Eudora Welty Stats: The highest rated book by Eudora Welty on Book Notification is American Classics, the 15th novel in the Selected Shorts series. The second-highest rated book is The Optimist's Daughter, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Eudora Welty on Book Notification is Delta Wedding, the 3rd novel in the A Harvest/Hbj Book series. The second most read book is The Optimist's Daughter, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Eudora Welty books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Eudora Welty is the A Harvest/Hbj Book Series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Robber Bridegroom
1942
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2
8
Delta Wedding
1946
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3
The Ponder Heart
1954
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4
Losing Battles
1970
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5
8
The Optimist's Daughter
1972
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Moon Lake
2011
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Bride of the Innisfallen
1940
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2
Why I Live at the P.O.
1941
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3
A Curtain of Green
1941
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4
The Wide Net
1943
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5
The Golden Apples
1949
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6
Thirteen Stories
1965
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7
Selected Stories of Eudora Welty
1977
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8
Moon Lake and Other Stories
1980
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9
8
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
1980
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10
Stories, Essays & Memoir
1998
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List of 's Chapbooks in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Shoe Bird
1964
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
One Time, One Place
1971
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2
The Eye of the Story
1978
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3
One Writer's Beginnings
1983
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4
Photographs
1989
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5
Some Notes on River Country
2003
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6
On William Faulkner
2003
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7
Occasions
2009
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List of A Harvest/Hbj Book Books in Publication Order (with Thomas Merton)

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ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Curtain of Green
1941
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2
The Robber Bridegroom
1942
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3
8
Delta Wedding
1946
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4
The Waters of Siloe (By: Thomas Merton)
1949
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5
My $50,000 Year at the Races
1980
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List of Selected Shorts Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)
1993
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2
Even More Laughs (By: Jonathan Lethem, T.C. Boyle, Philip Roth, Stephen Colbert, Miranda July, Christine Baranski, Alec Baldwin, Robert Sean Leonard, Symphony Space, Jerry Zaks, Julia Slavin, Harry Mathews, Thomas Meehan, Marian Seldes, Parker Posey)
1998
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3
Timeless Classics (By: Shirley Jackson, James Thurber, Raymond Carver, John Shea, Jack London, Edith Wharton, D.H. Lawrence, Richard Connell, Maria Tucci, James Naughton, Charles Keating, Symphony Space, Marian Seldes, Isaiah Sheffer, Steven Gilborn)
2006
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4
Falling in Love (By: E. Nesbit, Padgett Powell, Maile Meloy, Rick Bass, Edna O'Brien, Fionnula Flanagan, Hope Davis, Laurie Colwin, Ted Marcoux, Christina Pickles, Jane Curtin, William Hurt, Symphony Space)
2007
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5
Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space)
2007
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6
Travel Tales (By: Symphony Space)
2007
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7
Edith Wharton (By: Symphony Space)
2007
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8
Pets! (By: Symphony Space)
2007
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9
Tales of Betrayal (By: John Cheever, Tessa Hadley, John Biguenet, Adam Haslett, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Symphony Space, Galina Vromen)
2007
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10
Family Matters (By: Symphony Space)
2007
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11
Are We There Yet? (By: Symphony Space)
2008
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12
A Touch of Magic (By: Ray Bradbury, T.C. Boyle, Maria Tucci, James Naughton, Haruki Murakami, Jonathan Safran Foer, Kevin Brockmeier, Donald Barthelme, Daniel Gerroll, Symphony Space, Andrew Lam, Jerry Zaks)
2009
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13
The William Hurt Collection (By: Richard Ford, Tobias Wolff, Aleksandar Hemon, William Hurt, Ron Carlson, Symphony Space)
2009
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14
Whodunit? (By: Ed McBain, Dashiell Hammett, Shirley Jackson, John Shea, Louise Erdrich, Nadine Gordimer, René Auberjonois, Fionnula Flanagan, Robert Sean Leonard, C.S. Montanye, Symphony Space, Isaiah Sheffer, Hattie Winston)
2009
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15
10
American Classics (With: Edgar Allan Poe, Joyce Carol Oates, John Cheever, Alice Walker, Donald Barthelme, John Sayles, Amy Tan, Symphony Space)
2010
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16
New American Stories (By: Sherman Alexie, Jhumpa Lahiri, Aleksandar Hemon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Symphony Space)
2011
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17
Poe! (By: Symphony Space)
2012
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List of Eudora Welty Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
1954
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2
Points of View
1956
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3
Women and Fiction
1975
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4
In the Looking Glass
1977
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5
Stories of the Modern South
1977
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6
Perspectives in Literature: A Book of Short Stories, Vol. 1
1983
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7
Magical Realist Fiction
1984
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8
Women Writers at Work
1989
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9
Hot and Cool: Jazz Short Stories
1990
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10
Cries of the Spirit
1991
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11
Growing Up in the South
1991
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12
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
1992
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13
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
1992
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14
Writing Women's Lives
1994
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15
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
1994
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16
Downhome
1995
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17
Mistresses of the Dark
1998
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18
The Eloquent Essay
2000
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19
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
2000
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20
8
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
2000
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21
The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles
2004
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22
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
2007
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23
The Civil Rights Reader
2009
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24
Granta 115: The F Word
2011
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Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty was born on April 13th, 1909. Eudora passed away July 23rd, 2001 at 92 years old. Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi.

Eudora Welty was the author of the Eudora Welty Collections series which consists of 10 novels. The Eudora Welty Collections series started in 1940 with the novel The Bride of the Innisfallen . The most recently released novel in the Eudora Welty Collections series was Stories, Essays & Memoir which was released in 1998. There are no upcoming novels for the Eudora Welty Collections series.

Eudora Welty also wrote the Non-Fiction Books series which has 7 books including One Time, One Place and The Eye of the Story.

Eudora Welty: Awards & Accolades

Eudora Welty has won multiple awards including: The St. Louis Literary Award, Distinguished Figure in Literature, in 1983 and the Helmerich Award, Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, in 1991.

Welty's book, The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty won the National Book Awards, Best Fiction - Paperback, in 1983.

Eudora Welty books have also been nominated for multiple awards, Losing Battles was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1971. The Optimist's Daughter was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1973. The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction - Hardcover, in 1981 as well as the Audie Award - Best Short Stories or Collections in 2012.

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Eudora Welty: F.A.Q

When was Eudora Welty Born?

Eudora Welty was born on April 13th, 1909.

When did Eudora Welty die?

Eudora Welty died on July 23rd, 2001 at 92 years old.

Where was Eudora Welty Born?

Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi, .

What awards has Eudora Welty won?

Eudora Welty has won the following awards: Distinguished Figure in Literature at the St. Louis Literary Award (1983) and the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award at the Helmerich Award (1991).

What book awards has Eudora Welty won?

Welty's book, The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty won the award National Book Awards, Best Fiction - Paperback, in 1983.

What was the first book Eudora Welty wrote?

The first book written by Eudora Welty was The Bride of the Innisfallen , published in 1940.

What was the most recent book Eudora Welty wrote?

Their most recently released work was Moon Lake (a short story) on February 15th, 2011.

How many books has Eudora Welty written?

Eudora Welty has written 26 books across 11 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 5 Standalone Novels
  • 1 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 10 Collections
  • 1 's Chapbooks
  • 7 Non-Fiction Books
  • 4 books in the A Harvest/Hbj Book Series
  • 1 book in the Selected Shorts Series

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