Eudora Welty Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Eudora Welty Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Eudora Welty Facts

Full Name	Eudora Welty
Birthdate	April 13, 1909
Birth Place	Jackson, MS
Age (in 2024)	115 Years Old
Zodiac	Aries
Occupation	Novelist

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Eudora Welty Age & Birthday

Eudora Welty is best known as Novelist who has born on April 13, 1909 in Jackson, MS. Currently, Eudora Welty is 115 years, 7 months and 29 days old. Eudora Welty will celebrate 116th birthday on Sunday, 13th of April 2025. Below the countdown to Eudora Welty upcoming birthday.

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Eudora Welty Biography

About

Mississippi-born author whose Southern-themed novel, The Optimist's Daughter, received the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She is also known for A Worn Path (1940), The Wide Net (1943), and other short stories and short story collections.

Before Fame

She studied English literature at the University of Wisconsin and later graduated from Columbia University with a degree in advertising. After publishing her short story collection, A Curtain of Green, she secured employment with The New York Times Review of Books.

Trivia

Her literary work highlights the complexities of human relationships and the psychological significance of place.

Family Life

She and her two younger brothers were raised in Jackson, Mississippi. Her schoolteacher mother, Mary Andrews Welty, encouraged her love of reading and writing.

Associated With

She and playwright Tennessee Williams are both important 20th-century Southern authors.

Top Asked Questions about Eudora Welty

How old is Eudora Welty in 2024?

Eudora Welty is 115 years old today.

When was Eudora Welty born?

Eudora Welty was born on April 13, 1909 in Jackson, MS.

What is Eudora Welty zodiac sign?

Eudora Welty zodiac sign is Aries.

What was Eudora Welty best known for?

Eudora Welty was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Eudora Welty's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Eudora Welty's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Eudora Welty was born on Tuesday, 103^rd day / 15^th week of 1909
Eudora Welty has Aries zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Eudora Welty birthday is XIII.IV.MCMIX
Eudora Welty's birthstone is Diamond
Eudora Welty's birth flower is Sweet pea that symbolize egard, youth & purity
Eudora Welty age in year is 115 years old
Eudora Welty age in month is 1387 months old
Eudora Welty age in day is 42247 days old
Eudora Welty age in hour is 1013928 hours old
Eudora Welty age in minute is 60835680 minutes old
Eudora Welty age in second is 3650140800 seconds old
Next Eudora Welty birthday is on Sunday, April 13th 2025
Eudora Welty age in next birthday (2025) is 116 years old

Historical Events on Eudora Welty Birthday (April 13)

Below are historical events that coincided with Eudora Welty's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1945	World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
1948	In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
1953	CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
1958	American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
1960	The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
1964	At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
1970	An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
1972	The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
1972	Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
1975	An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
1976	The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
1976	Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
1996	Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.
1997	Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
2017	The US drops the largest ever non-nuclear weapon on Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.
1963	The birth of Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player and author
1964	The birth of Davis Love III, American golfer and sportscaster
1965	The birth of Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinian architect and educator
1967	The birth of Michael Eisen, American biologist and academic
1967	The birth of Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
1971	The birth of Franck Esposito, French swimmer
1971	The birth of Danie Mellor, Australian painter and sculptor
1972	The birth of Aaron Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977	The birth of Margus Tsahkna, Estonian lawyer and politician
1978	The birth of Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer
1982	The birth of Nellie McKay, British-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
1987	The birth of John-Allison Weiss, American singer-songwriter
1988	The birth of Allison Williams, American actress and singer
1989	The birth of Josh Reynolds, Australian rugby league player
1993	The birth of Darrun Hilliard, American basketball player
2005	The death of Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)
2005	The death of Phillip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
2006	The death of Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1918)
2008	The death of John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and academic (b. 1911)
2012	The death of Cecil Chaudhry, Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (b. 1941)
2012	The death of Shūichi Higurashi, Japanese illustrator (b. 1936)
2013	The death of Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (b. 1935)
2014	The death of Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (b. 1951)
2015	The death of Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (b. 1940)
2015	The death of Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
2015	The death of Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)
2017	The death of Dan Rooney, American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (b. 1932)
2022	The death of Michel Bouquet, French stage and film actor (b. 1925)
2022	The death of Gloria Parker, American musician and bandleader (b.1921)

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