Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Her book , The Optimist 's Daughter , won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 and Welty was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom , among numerous awards .
Simplified: Her book , The Optimist 's Daughter , won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 . Welty was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom , among numerous awards .