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Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty was a short story writer and novelist known for her portrayals of the American South. She received the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel
The Optimist’s Daughter
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Eric Thayer / Reuters
A Worn Path
A short story
Eudora Welty
February 1941 Issue