[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 103 (Monday, July 23, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO EUDORA (ALICE) WELTY

                                 ______
                                 

                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 23, 2001

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute 
to an American Literary Figure, the late Eudora Alice Welty. This well 
known author was born and educated in Jackson, Mississippi. She 
received her Bachelor of Arts at University of Wisconsin, Madison in 
1929 and in 1931 attended Columbia University School for Advertising, 
New York.
  In 1946, she published her first full-length novel, Delta Wedding, 
which depicts The Mississippi Delta's structure and society of the 
family with mythical parallels. Her work put into words the everyday 
life struggles of Mississippians.
  In 1950, Welty won a Guggenheim Fellowship and was elected to the 
National Institute of Arts and Letters.
  In 1987, Welty was knighted a Cavalier by the French Government. 
Welty received the 1996 Legion of Honor, France's highest civilian 
honor.
  She has received the Pulitzer prize, 1973; Presidential Medal of 
Freedom, 1980; National Endowment for the Arts Award, 1989 and Charles 
Frankel prize, 1992.
  Some of her numerous honors are Bread Loaf Writers Conference 
fellowship (1940), O'Henry fellowship (1942, 1943, 1968), Howells Medal 
(1955) and gold medal (1972), and Bobst award, 1984.
  Mr. Speaker, Ms. Eudora Welty, is proudly recognized by the state of 
Mississippi and the United States of America as a visionary for all 
people. On behalf of the people of the 2nd Congressional district, I 
salute her.

                          ____________________