Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1909. She is probably the brightest southern author of the 20th century. Compared to William Faulkner, she was the first writer to see her work published in the prestigious Library of America. He studied at the University for Women in Mississippi. He continued his studies far from the South, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and then at Columbia University. During the 1930s, she worked as a photographer at the State Agency for Labor Administration and toured every corner of the state of Mississippi. During that time he photographed as few the scenes of the Great Depression. However, Eudora Welty is known above all for her literary side. In 1936 his first story appeared: "Death of a Traveling Salesman", which caught the attention of Katherine Anne Porter, who became his mentor. His is, precisely, the introduction to the first book of stories by Welty, A curtain of foliage (1941). His pen is due to authentic classics of modern American literature such as Wedding in the Delta (1946), The Heart of the Ponder (1954), The Lost Battles (1970) or The Daughter of the Optimist, which in 1973 made it worthy of the Pulitzer . It is also worth highlighting the word inherited (Impedimenta, 2012), autobiography of the author. Also recognized as a master of the art of storytelling - her stories appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Southern Review, Atlantic Monthly or Harper's Bazaar - she died of pneumonia in her hometown, at the age of 92.