Talk:Eudora Welty

Errors
This is maddening to see false information passed along as fact! Eudora Welty was not hired as a photographer for the WPA. She was hired as a publicity agent! Her job was to write about the conditions in her state of Mississippi, not take photographs. She used her own camera and took photos when not busy working. She developed the photos with her own money and never claimed they were of professional quaility. Photography was a hobby that she happened to be good at, but she was paid for her writing skills; thus, she did not give up a life as a photographer to becomes a writer! If one reads any book on Welty's photography they will be told the same thing from Miss Welty herself or the editor/writer chosen to introduce the work.

I would like to see information on Miss Welty cited from works such as One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty and the new book, Eudora Welty: A Biography, by Suzanne Marrs. Thank you, Maggie of http://maggiereads.blogspot.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.107.207.223 (talk) 15:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Sounds Better, But...
 * Thank you for making the corrections, but the article still implies she was hired to take photographs. Someone needs to dig further to correct the implication. Again, she used her own camera, took the photos while "off the clock" and had a company in Jackson, Miss. develop them. Maggie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.107.207.223 (talk) 16:25, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Grave
Out of curiosity, why does limited information about Eudora Welty's burial site not belong in an article about her?--2112 rush 05:12, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It belongs in the photo details. If you click upon the photo you will see its copyright status, uploader details, statistics, whatnot.. the photographer's details belong there. Also please use the talk page for talk, not my user page; I wish for it to be blank. Now I have to ask an administrator to erase your message. Thanks, bye. --Downwards 05:21, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't want to begin a revert war, however, I do not see the reasoning behind your argument. I'll post on the article's talk page for your convenience.--2112 rush 05:24, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * So, my question is, why does information about HER (specifically, where she is buried) not belong in the article? I'm not trying to be rude, but am curious as to your reasoning behind this.--2112 rush 05:26, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * My apologies, you are right. I though you had removed information from the article.  You were justified to remove a byline from the photo.--2112 rush 05:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Why is the main image her tombstone?
Isn't that a little morbid? Considering that she was a photographer, there has to be some photos of her out there. KyuzoGator 14:56, 26 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Probably it's just that no one has found a usable (preferably free or GFDL'd) image of her. There certainly are photos of her out there, but perhaps they just aren't available for us to use here. I agree with you that it would improve the article significantly to have a photograph of Welty herself. --Tkynerd 02:13, 27 March 2007 (UTC)


 * ^That is precisely why we have Fair Use images... Modest Genius talk 18:46, 2 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, and since she's been dead for almost six years, an excellent argument could be made that a FU image would not be replaceable with a free one. :-) --Tkynerd 19:01, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

original critiques
There's way too much litcrit jumbled into this article that sounds like it was cribbed from some college term paper. NPOV goes out the window. 72.229.49.158 (talk) 03:11, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

National Book Award
I added a little about One Writer's Beginnings including its runner-up for the 1984 National Book Award, Nonfiction (official).

I also added Category:National Book Award winners. That refers to the short-lived paperback track of the National Book Award for Fiction, which she won for Collected Stories in 1983 (official). It is not covered in the article. (She was also four-time losing finalist for NBA Fiction --relying on our article linked here.) --P64 (talk) 01:25, 31 January 2012 (UTC)


 * What if any references are there concerning the title of one of her short stories "Death of A Traveling Salesman" which sounds like a precursor to Arthur Millers' awarding winning "Death of A Salesman" written a decade or so later. Anyone else notice the connection? 173.66.229.5 (talk) 00:44, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

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Personal life?
Nothing on relationships? Valetude (talk) 12:23, 19 February 2021 (UTC)