Her first short story, 'Death of a Traveling Salesman,' appeared in 1936. Welty's true love was literature, not photography, and she soon devoted her energy to writing fiction. Collections of her photographs are One Time, One Place and Photographs.

While at Columbia University, where she was the captain of the women's polo team, Welty was a regular at Romany Marie's cafГ© in 1930.Дuring the 1930s, Welty worked as a photographer for the Works Progress Administration, a job that sent her all over the state of Mississippi photographing people from all economic and social classes. She was educated at the Mississippi State College for Women (now called Mississippi University for Women), the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Columbia Business School. Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and lived a significant portion of her life in the city's Belhaven neighborhood, where her home has been preserved. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. Her book The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 and she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards. While at Columbia University, where she was the captain of the women's polo Eudora Alice Welty was an award-winning American author who wrote short stories and novels about the American South.

Eudora Alice Welty was an award-winning American author who wrote short stories and novels about the American South.

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