Mary Flannery O'Connor was born in 1925 in Savannah, Georgia. She attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop and published several short stories and two novels, including Wise Blood, before dying of lupus in 1964. She is renowned for her Southern Gothic style which features strange events, eccentric characters, and a moody depiction of Southern life. One of her most famous short stories is "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", praised for its disturbing yet humorous tone and as an exemplar of the Southern Gothic genre.

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2. • Mary Flannery
O’Connor was born on
March 25, 1925 in
Savannah, Georgia.
• In 1946, she was
accepted into the
prestigious Iowa
Writers’ Workshop.
• In 1951 she was
diagnosed with
systemic lupus
erythematosus.
• She died on August
3, 1964.

3. • The Geranium (1946) • NOVELS
• The Barber (1948) • Wise Blood (1952)
• Wildcat (1970) • The Violent Bear It
• The Crop (1971) Away (1960)
• The Turkey, The
Capture (1948)
• The Train (1948)
• The Peeler (1949)
• The Heart of the Park
(1949)

4. • O’Henry Awards 1967, 1963 and 1965.
• National Book Award 1972.
• First postwar American woman author in the canonic
Library of America.

5. • It has become one of O'Connor's most highly regarded
works of short fiction.
• The story is disturbing and humorous at the same time.
• One of the most famous examples of Southern Gothic
literature.
• Focuses on strange events, eccentric characters, and
local color to create a moody and unsettling depiction of
life in the American South