[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 24, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         HONORING EUDORA WELTY

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                   HON. CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 24, 2001

  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Speaker, Mississippi has lost one of its most 
treasured authors. We all mourn the passing of Eudora Welty and as 
Mississippians, we celebrate her accomplishments and her love of our 
state and its people. She is recognized around the world as a Pulitzer 
Prize winner and an ambassador for Mississippi by sharing her vivid 
descriptions of its people and places so that others might learn about 
our state through her writings.
  Ms. Welty won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for her work titled ``The 
Optimist's Daughter''. She was presented with numerous other honors and 
awards including the National Book Award for fiction in 1971, the 
National Medal for Literature 1980 Book Award, and the National Medal 
of Arts in 1987. She was the first living writer ever to be included in 
the prestigious Library of America series in 1999.
  Mr. Speaker, today we recognize and honor Ms. Welty for her 
outstanding literary achievements and awards. While we are all saddened 
by her death, we celebrate her life and her concern for the people of 
Mississippi and all of America. Her writing shows the care and concern 
she had for her fellow man. Ms. Eudora Welty will truly be missed by 
all of us.

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