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Zusatztext "A judicious account! written against the odds...[Eudora Welty] is lucky that Ann Waldron is her first biographer." -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "A biography of admirable and considerable detail...engaging and well researched." -- Chicago Tribune "Waldron paints an appealing portrait of this shy! yet gifted storyteller." -- The Christian Science Monitor "Rich in detail and anecdote! this is an elegant and worthwhile book about an amiable woman who has become one of America's greatest writers." -- The Tampa Tribune "Fans of Eudora Welty should not miss this." -- The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) "A lively chronicle....Waldron draws persuasive conclusions about Welty's secrets." -- The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) "Adds dimension and context to Welty's carefully protected image....By the end of Waldron's carefully researched treatise! Welty emerges even more of a heroine! even more beloved than she was before." -- The Miami Herald "Truly impressive....At last! a solid foundation is in place." -- Trenton Times "Evenhanded and respectful....A good introduction to one of our greatest living writers." -- Houston Chronicle Informationen zum Autor Ann Waldron is the author of two critically acclaimed Southern biographies, Close Connections: Caroline Gordon and the Southern Renaissance and Hodding Carter . She has been a reporter and columnist for the Miami Herald, St. Petersburg Times, and Atlanta Constitution, as well as book editor at the Houston Chronicle. She is also the author of seven books for children. Klappentext Eudora Welty is a beloved institution of Southern fiction and American literature, whose closely guarded privacy has prevented a full-scale study of her life and work--until now. A significant contribution to the world of letters, Ann Waldron's biography chronicles the history and achievements of one of our greatest living authors, from a Mississippi childhood to the sale of her first short story, from her literary friendships with Katherine Anne Porter and Elizabeth Bowen to her rivalry with Carson McCullers. Elegant and authoritative, this first biography to chart the life of a national treasure is a must-have for Welty fans and scholars everywhere. The Teenager "As you have seen, I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within." --Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings By all rights, Eudora Welty should have been miserable every minute of the day when she was growing up. "The thing you have to understand about Eudora is that she was not a belle," said a man a few years younger than Eudora who grew up in Jackson. "She was not pretty, and that is very important." He talked about this a little more. "Oh, she had friends who were boys--not boyfriends--but one of them, Frank Lyell, was such a sissy that even his own brother made fun of him." "It wasn't that Eudora was plain," said a woman who had grown up in Jackson and now lives in Boston. "She was ugly to the point of being grotesque. In the South, that was tantamount to being an old maid. You could either teach school, be a librarian, or teach music, or, if you were far out, teach dancing. That's the way life was then." She added, not especially warmly, "At least Eudora found her feet." "I was pretty," said one former Jackson belle, now in her eighties, "so our paths didn't cross much. She didn't go to dances or up to the Delta." (The Mississippi Delta had a reputation for raciness. Dances there started at eleven o'clock at night and lasted until breakfast.) "Oh, Eudora had beautiful blue eyes, and beautiful hands," she added. "But she never stood up straight, and she hunched over to hide her he...
