Flannery O'Connor

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Flannery O'Connor

AKA Mary Flannery O'Connor

Born: 25-Mar-1925
Birthplace: Savannah, GA
Died: 3-Aug-1964
Location of death: Milledgeville, GA [1]
Cause of death: Lupus
Remains: Buried, Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, GA

Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: A Good Man Is Hard To Find

[1] Baldwin County Hospital, Milledgeville, GA.

Father: Edward F. O'Connor (real estate broker, d. 1-Feb-1941 lupus)
Mother: Regina Cline O'Connor

High School: Sacred Heart Parochial School, Savannah, GA
High School: Peabody High School, Savannah, GA (1942)
University: BA, Georgia State College for Women, Milledgeville, GA (1945)
University: MFA, Iowa State University (1947)

National Book Award for Fiction 1972 for The Complete Stories
Irish Ancestry

Author of books:
Wise Blood (1949, short novel)
The Artificial Nigger, And Other Tales (1955, anthology)
A Good Man Is Hard To Find (1955, anthology)
The Violent Bear It Away (1960, short novel)
Mystery and Manners (1960, anthology)

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