Flannery O'Connor



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Flannery O'Connor

Author profile


born
in Baldwin County, Georgia, The United States
March 25, 1925

died
August 03, 1964

gender
female

genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction


About this author

Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist. O'Connor's writing often reflected her own Roman Catholic faith, and frequently examined questions of morality and ethics.

Her The Complete Stories received the 1972 National Book Award for Fiction. In a 2009 online poll conducted by the National Book Foundation, the collection was named the best work to have won the National Book Award for fiction in the contest’s 60-year history.

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Flannery O'Connor's Books

Average rating: 4.22 · 65,902 ratings · 4,340 reviews · 78 distinct works · Similar authors
The Complete Stories
4.48 of 5 stars 4.48 avg rating — 15,291 ratings — published 1971 — 25 editions
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A Good Man is Hard to Find ...
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 15,877 ratings — published 1953 — 40 editions
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Everything That Rises Must ...
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 8,976 ratings — published 1965 — 22 editions
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Wise Blood
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 9,806 ratings — published 1949 — 34 editions
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The Violent Bear it Away
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 3,744 ratings — published 1955 — 20 editions
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Collected Works: Wise Blood...
4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 1,693 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions
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Mystery and Manners: Occasi...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 1,417 ratings — published 1969 — 8 editions
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The Habit of Being: Letters...
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4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 917 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions
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3 by Flannery O'Connor: The...
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 1,004 ratings — published 1962 — 11 editions
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3 By Flannery O'Connor: Wis...
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1960 — 4 editions
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“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
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“She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.”
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“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
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