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Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries.
Flannery O’Connor (born March 25, 1925, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.—died August 3, 1964, Milledgeville, Georgia) was an American novelist and short-story writer whose works, usually set in the rural American South and often treating of alienation, concern the relationship between the individual and God. O’Connor grew up in a prominent Roman ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 15, 2020 · O’Connor is now as canonical as Faulkner and Welty. More than a great writer, she’s a cultural figure: a funny lady in a straw hat, puttering among peacocks, on crutches she likened to...
- Paul Elie
Sep 6, 2023 · Flannery O’Connor, the gothic short story writer born in Savannah, Georgia, was, in her own words, “an integrationist by principle and a segregationist by taste.” Born in 1925 and now regarded...
- Andrew Quintana
Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: Flannery O'Connor is considered one of the best short story authors of the 20th century. She wrote about religious themes and southern life. Industries....
Critics note novels Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960) and short stories, collected in such works as A Good Man Is Hard to Find (1955), of American writer Mary Flannery O'Connor for their explorations of religious faith and a spare literary style.
May 23, 2024 · The father-daughter duo Ethan and Maya Hawke have teamed up for a new film, Wildcat, that follows the life of Flannery O'Connor while she was struggling to publish her first novel....
