Eudora welty biography one writers beginning

Prepared by Suzanne Marrs

Eudora Welty Foundation Scholar-in-Residence

Born in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi, the daughter of Christian Webb Welty and Chestina Andrews Welty, Eudora Welty grew up in a close-knit and loving family.

From her father she inherited a “love for all instruments that instruct and fascinate,” from her mother a passion for reading and for language.

Eudora welty biography one writers beginning

With her brothers, Edward Jefferson Welty and Walter Andrews Welty, she shared bonds of devotion, camaraderie, and humor. Nourished by such a background, Welty became perhaps the most distinguished graduate of the Jackson Public School system.

She attended Davis Elementary School when Miss Lorena Duling was principal and graduated from Jackson’s Central High School in 1925. Her collegiate years were spent first at the Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus and then at the University of Wisconsin, where she received her bachelor’s degree.

From Wisconsin, Welty went on to graduate study at the