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Flannery O'Connor By: Blake Gray

Flannery O’Connor is considered a very important modernist writer. She was born march 25th 1925 in Georgia, and died August 3rd 1964 in Georgia. She was a renowned novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She wrote books mainly in the American Southern Gothic genera. According to the author of her Wikipedia.org page “ O’Connor’s writing also reflected her own Roman Catholic faith, and frequently examined questions of morality and ethics”(Flannery…). Her constant questioning of morals and ethics made her writings quite controversial.

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"Flannery O'Connor -." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Web. 01 Dec. 2009. .