Flannery O'Connor





Flannery O'Connor

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

died
August 03, 1964

gender
female

genre

influences


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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Average rating: 4.25 · 34,733 ratings · 2,544 reviews · 51 distinct works
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and...
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 10,263 ratings — published 1953 — 34 editions
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The Complete Stories
4.49 of 5 stars 4.49 avg rating — 8,017 ratings — published 1971 — 18 editions
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Wise Blood
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 6,102 ratings — published 1952 — 23 editions
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Everything That Rises Must Con...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 4,243 ratings — published 1965 — 19 editions
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The Violent Bear It Away
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 2,351 ratings — published 1960 — 17 editions
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Flannery O'Connor : Collected...
4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 1,146 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
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Mystery and Manners: Occasiona...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 938 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions
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3 by Flannery O'Connor: The Vi...
4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 758 ratings — published 1962 — 11 editions
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The Habit of Being: Letters of...
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4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions
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3 By Flannery O'Connor: Wise B...
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1960 — 4 editions
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“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
Flannery O'Connor

“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

“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

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