sentences:  "Violet", a film adaptation of "The Ugliest Pilgrim", her most widely reprinted short story, won Best Live Action Short at the 54th Academy Awards.In 1998, it was the basis of a musical, also named "Violet", which won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award.Coinciding with her retirement from teaching, the Doris Betts Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing, an endowed chair, was established in her honor.