Flannery O'Connor

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Flannery O'Connor was a 20th-century American writer known for her Southern Gothic short stories and novels that explore morality, faith, and violence through darkly comic, often grotesque characters.

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Flannery O’Connor 53
Flannery O'Connor canonical 16
Mary Flannery O'Connor 2

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instanceOf American Roman Catholic
essayist
human
novelist
short story writer
writer
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction
birthName Mary Flannery O'Connor
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causeOfDeath lupus
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1925-03-25
dateOfDeath 1964-08-03
educatedAt Georgia State College for Women
linked to: Wesleyan College

Iowa Writers' Workshop
University of Iowa
ethnicGroup Irish American
familyName O'Connor
fieldOfWork fiction
religious themes in literature
short story
genre Christian literature
Southern Gothic
givenName Flannery
Mary
hasInfluenced Alice Walker
Cormac McCarthy
Joyce Carol Oates
Toni Morrison
languageOfWorkOrName English
mannerOfDeath natural causes
movement Catholic literary revival
Southern Gothic
name Flannery O'Connor
notableWork A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Mystery and Manners
The Violent Bear It Away
Wise Blood
placeOfBirth Savannah, Georgia, United States
linked to: Savannah
placeOfDeath Milledgeville, Georgia, United States
posthumousAwardReceived National Book Award for Fiction
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Milledgeville, Georgia, United States
Savannah, Georgia, United States
linked to: Savannah
sexOrGender female
workLocation Milledgeville, Georgia, United States
writingStyle dark comedy
exploration of morality, faith, and violence
use of grotesque characters

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American literature hasNotableAuthor Flannery O'Connor
Southern Gothic associatedWithAuthor Flannery O’Connor
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Flannery O'Connor name Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor birthName Mary Flannery O'Connor
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Iowa Writers' Workshop notableAlumni Flannery O'Connor
Wise Blood author Flannery O’Connor
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Cormac McCarthy influencedBy Flannery O'Connor
A Good Man Is Hard to Find author Flannery O’Connor
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories author Flannery O’Connor
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O'Connor hasNotableBearer Flannery O'Connor
Mystery and Manners author Flannery O’Connor
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Mystery and Manners discussesWorkOf Flannery O’Connor
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Mary Flannery O'Connor birthName Mary Flannery O'Connor
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Mary Flannery O'Connor name Flannery O'Connor
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Mary Flannery O'Connor pseudonym Flannery O'Connor
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The Violent Bear It Away author Flannery O'Connor
Everything That Rises Must Converge author Flannery O'Connor
American Gothic hasNotableAuthor Flannery O’Connor
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Mademoiselle notableContributor Flannery O'Connor
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux hasPublished Flannery O’Connor
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IWW hasAlumnus Flannery O'Connor
Georgia College & State University hasAlumni Flannery O’Connor
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Playwrights Workshop hasNotableAlumni Flannery O’Connor
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Hazel Motes createdBy Flannery O’Connor
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Enoch Emery createdBy Flannery O’Connor
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Sabbath Lily Hawks appearsInWorkBy Flannery O’Connor
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Sabbath Lily Hawks createdBy Flannery O’Connor
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Asa Hawks creator Flannery O’Connor
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Mrs. Flood createdBy Flannery O’Connor
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Mrs. Flood characterInWorkBy Flannery O’Connor
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Hoover Shoats createdBy Flannery O’Connor
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Avon’s Modern Writing I anthology featuresAuthor Flannery O’Connor
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The Misfit createdBy Flannery O’Connor
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Bailey createdBy Flannery O’Connor
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John Wesley createdBy Flannery O’Connor
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June Star createdBy Flannery O’Connor
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Southern Renaissance hasNotableAuthor Flannery O’Connor
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The King of the Birds author Flannery O’Connor
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The King of the Birds writer Flannery O’Connor
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The King of the Birds createdBy Flannery O’Connor
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The Nature and Aim of Fiction author Flannery O’Connor
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Writing Short Stories author Flannery O’Connor
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The Fiction Writer and His Country author Flannery O’Connor
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The Church and the Fiction Writer author Flannery O’Connor
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On Her Own Work author Flannery O’Connor
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On Her Own Work discussesAuthor Flannery O’Connor
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Total Effect and the Eighth Grade author Flannery O’Connor
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The Regional Writer author Flannery O’Connor
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Catholic Novelists and Their Readers author Flannery O’Connor
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The Teaching of Literature author Flannery O’Connor
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