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Flannery O' Connor

Megan McKenzie

Flannery O' Connor is considered one o f America's greatest fiction writers during the twentieth century. According to The New Georgia Encyclopedia, " O'Connor was a devout believer whose small but impressive body of fiction presents the soul's struggle." This meant that O' Connor was very good and detailed with her writing. Flannery started off in the Peabody Laboratory School, from which she graduated in 1942. She then moved to Georgia State College for Women where she ended up with a Social Sciences degree. While battling with lupus, O'Connor completed more than two dozen short stories and two novels. Flannery was very aware of the most common and sensitive issues happening during her time. She revealed those in her two short stories she wrote during her life time. Flannery O' Connor dies at the age of 39 due to Lupus. Flannery O' Connor is known for being the first fiction writer born in the 20th century to have her works collected and published by the Library of America.

"Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)." //New Georgia Encyclopedia // . Web. 01 Dec. 2009.