Flannery O'Connor

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American Roman Catholic essayist human novelist short story writer writer

Flannery O'Connor was a 20th-century American writer known for her Southern Gothic short stories and novels that explore morality, faith, and violence through darkly comic, often grotesque characters.

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Flannery O’Connor 6
Mary Flannery O'Connor 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Roman Catholic ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
birthName Flannery O'Connor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mary Flannery O'Connor
causeOfDeath lupus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-03-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1964-08-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Wesleyan College ⓘ
surface form: Georgia State College for Women

Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
University of Iowa ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish American ⓘ
familyName O'Connor ⓘ
fieldOfWork fiction ⓘ
religious themes in literature ⓘ
short story ⓘ
genre Christian literature ⓘ
Southern Gothic ⓘ
givenName Flannery ⓘ
Mary ⓘ
hasInfluenced Alice Walker ⓘ
Cormac McCarthy ⓘ
Joyce Carol Oates ⓘ
Toni Morrison ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
movement Catholic literary revival ⓘ
Southern Gothic ⓘ
name Flannery O'Connor self-link ⓘ
notableWork A Good Man Is Hard to Find ⓘ
Everything That Rises Must Converge ⓘ
Mystery and Manners ⓘ
The Violent Bear It Away ⓘ
Wise Blood ⓘ
placeOfBirth Savannah ⓘ
surface form: Savannah, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Milledgeville, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Milledgeville, Georgia, United States
posthumousAwardReceived National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Milledgeville, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Milledgeville, Georgia, United States

Savannah ⓘ
surface form: Savannah, Georgia, United States
sexOrGender female ⓘ
workLocation Milledgeville, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Milledgeville, Georgia, United States
writingStyle dark comedy ⓘ
exploration of morality, faith, and violence ⓘ
use of grotesque characters ⓘ

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Southern Gothic → associatedWithAuthor → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flannery O’Connor
A Good Man Is Hard to Find → author → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flannery O’Connor
A Good Man Is Hard to Find → author → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
subject surface form: A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
this entity surface form: Flannery O’Connor
Everything That Rises Must Converge → author → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
Mystery and Manners → author → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flannery O’Connor
The Violent Bear It Away → author → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
Wise Blood → author → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flannery O’Connor
Flannery O'Connor → birthName → Flannery O'Connor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mary Flannery O'Connor
Mary → birthName → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Mary Flannery O'Connor
Mystery and Manners → discussesWorkOf → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
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American literature → hasNotableAuthor → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
O'Connor → hasNotableBearer → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
Cormac McCarthy → influencedBy → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
Flannery O'Connor → name → Flannery O'Connor self-link ⓘ
Mary → name → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary Flannery O'Connor
Iowa Writers' Workshop → notableAlumni → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
Mary → pseudonym → Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary Flannery O'Connor