About
Flannery O'Connor, born Mary Flannery O'Connor in Savannah, Georgia, was an American novelist and short story writer. She grew up in the South, where she lived most of her life, notably at Andalusia Farm. A devout Catholic, her faith deeply influenced her work, often described as Southern Gothic, with dark humor and grotesque characters. She published two novels, Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away, and two short story collections, including A Good Man Is Hard to Find. Afflicted with lupus, she died at age 39. Her complete stories won the National Book Award posthumously.
* 1925-03-25 — † 1964-08-03
Major works
- Wise Blood (1952)novel
- A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (1955)short story collection
- The Violent Bear It Away (1960)novel
- Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965)short story collection
- The Complete Stories (1971)short story collection
Key milestones
- 1947Earns an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
- 1972The Complete Stories wins the National Book Award for Fiction posthumously.
- 2000Posthumously inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame.
Themes
GraceViolenceRedemptionSouthern GothicCatholic faith
Sources: britannica.com · nationalbook.org · cambridge.org