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Flannery O'Connor | |
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 Flannery O'Connor in 1947 | |
| Born | Mary Flannery O'Connor March 25, 1925 Savannah, Georgia, US |
| Died | August 3, 1964 (aged 39) Milledgeville, Georgia, US |
| Resting place | Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia[1] |
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| Period | 1946–1964 |
| Genre | Southern Gothic |
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| Literary movement | Christian realism |
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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.
She was a Southern writer, who often wrote in a sardonic Southern Gothic style, and she relied, heavily, on regional settings and grotesque characters, often in violent situations. In her writing, an unsentimental acceptance or rejection of the limitations, imperfections or differences of these characters (whether attributed to disability, race, crime, religion or sanity) typically underpins the drama.[2]
Her writing often reflects her Catholic faith, and frequently examines questions of morality and ethics. Her posthumously compiled Complete Stories won the 1972 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and has been the subject of enduring praise.
- ^ "Flannery O'Connor Buried". The New York Times. August 5, 1964.
- ^ Basselin, Timothy J. (2013). Flannery O'Connor: Writing a Theology of Disabled Humanity. baylorpress.com.