Boston Globe
April 19, 1992
Eudora Welty has been awarded the l992 Rea Award for the Short Story. Given by the Dungannon. Foundation, and accompanied by $25,000 prize, the award cannot be applied for; the, recipient is both nominated and selected by a jury (this year’s jurors were Ann Beattie; Russell Banks and L. Rust Hills).
Welty’s first published story, Death of a Traveling Salesman, appeared in 1936 and was later published in her first collection, A Curtain of Green, recently reissued in a 50th-anniversary edition by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
El Paso Times
April 19, 199
Powerful short story writer wins prestigious award
Associated Press
Jackson, Miss. — On her 83rd birthday, author Eudora Welty was named winner of the $25,000 Rea Award for the Short Story.
“I was amazed. It came out of the blue sky,” Welty said from her Jackson home Tuesday, the day the prize was announced in New York by the Dungannon Foundation. “I’m delighted. How could I not be?”
Awards spokeswoman Lisl Cade said the prize was announced ahead of schedule to mark Welty’s birthday.
The citation form the award’s jury reads: “Surely, no one in our time has contributed more to the extraordinary power and beauty of the American short story than Eudora Welty.”
Welty’s stories about the characters in a small Mississippi town brought her early recognition. Her first short story, Death of a Traveling Salesman, was published in 1936. It was later included in her collection A Curtain of Green, which was republished in a 50th anniversary edition last year by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Past honors have included the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal for Literature and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Greely Tribune
Greeley, CO
April 16, 1992
83-year-old wins short-story prize
The Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. — On her 83rd birthday, author Eudora Welty was named winner of the $25,000 Rea Award for the Short Story.
“I was amazed. It came out of the blue sky,” Welty said from her Jackson home on Monday, the day the prize was announced in New York by the Dungannon Foundation. “I’m delighted. How could I not be?
Awards spokeswoman Lisl Cade said the prize was announced ahead of schedule to mark Welty’s birthday.
The citation from the award’s three-member jury reads: “Surely, no one in our time has contributed more to the extraordinary power and beauty of the American short story than Eudora Welty.”
Born in Jackson and still living in the house her parents built, Welty once described herself as “a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well.”
Her stories about the characters in a small Mississippi town brought her early recognition. Her first short story, Death of a Traveling Salesman, was published in 1936. It was later included in her collection A Curtain of Green, which was republished in a 50th anniversary edition last year by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Past honors have included the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal for Literature and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Sunday Island Packet
Hilton Head Island, SC
April 19, 1992
On her birthday, Eudora Welty winds $25,000 Rea Award for Short Story
Jackson, Miss. (AP) — On her 83rd birthday, author Eudora Welty was named winner of the $25,000 Rea Award for the Short Story.
“I was amazed. It came out of the blue sky,” Welty said from her Jackson home on Monday, the day the prize was announced in New York by the Dungannon Foundation. “I’m delighted. How could I not be?
Awards spokeswoman Lisl Cade said the prize was announced ahead of schedule to mark Welty’s birthday.
The citation from the award’s three-member jury reads: “Surely, no one in our time has contributed more to the extraordinary power and beauty of the American short story than Eudora Welty.”
Born in Jackson and still living in the house her parents built, Welty once described herself as “a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well.”
Her stories about the characters in a small Mississippi town brought her early recognition. Her first short story, Death of a Traveling Salesman, was published in 1936. It was laster included in her collection A Curtain of Green, which was republished in a 50th anniversary edition last year by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Past honor have included the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal for Literature and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Established in 1986, the Rea Award was founded by book and art collector Michael Rea. This year’s jurors were writers Ann Beattie and Russell Banks and Esquire Magazine fiction editor L. Rust Hills.
Previous winners were Cynthia Ozick, Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, Tobias Wolff, Joyce Carol Oates and Paul Bowles.