Why I Live at the P.O. | Author Biography
Welty was born on April 13, 1909, in Jackson, Mississippi. Her father, an insurance executive, and her mother, a teacher, offered a stable and loving family for Welty and her two younger brothers. Her parents encouraged Welty intellectually and artistically, but were also very protective. In her autobiography One Writer’s Beginnings she lovingly memorializes the ‘‘sensory education’’ in listening and observation offered by her parents and names their way of life as an important influence on her art. Welty attended public high school in Jackson. She began college at...
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