Flannery O'Connor
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born
March 25, 1925
died
August 03, 1964
gender
female
place of birth
Baldwin County, Georgia, The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction
about this author
Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist.
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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."
— Flannery O'Connor
— Flannery O'Connor
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
— Flannery O'Connor
— Flannery O'Connor
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"Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it."
— Flannery O'Connor (Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose)
— Flannery O'Connor (Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose)
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