Danièle Pitavy-Souques (1937–2019) was professor emerita at the University of Burgundy, France; a recipient of the Eudora Welty Society Phoenix Award and the French Legion of Honor for her work on international women's rights; and a European powerhouse of Welty studies. She published two books and more than a dozen essays on Welty, and she made major contributions to southern and Canadian studies.
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