Eudora Welty

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1941–42:

(Profile photograph credit: Standard Photo Company, Jackson, Mississippi,1939.)

WELTY, EUDORA.  Appointed for creative writing in the field of fiction; tenure, twelve months from April 1, 1942.

Born April 13, 1909, Jackson, Mississippi.  Education:  Mississippi State College for Women, 1925–27; University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1929; Columbia University, 1930–31.

Publications:  A Curtain of Green, 1941. Stories in Manuscript, Prairie Schooner, Southern Review, Decision, Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s Bazaar.