Elizabeth Ann Julian Abadie (August 15, 1939 – July 30, 2024) was an American scholar and editor, focused mainly on the works of William Faulkner.
She was a founder and associate director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture from 1979 to 2011, and organized the school's annual conference on William Faulkner from 1974 to 2011.
[6] In 2019, the Southern Foodways Alliance recognized her contributions with the Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2020, Abadie received the Noel Polk Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters.
[1][6] For many years, Abadie co-edited a collection of essays from the annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, held at the University of Mississippi.