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Flannery O'Connor

1925 - 1964

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Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. O'Connor was a Southern writer who often wrote in a sardonic Southern Gothic style. She relied heavily on regional settings and grotesque characters, often in violent situations. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Flannery O'Connor is the 1,589th most popular writer (up from 2,145th in 2019), the 2,327th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,681st in 2019) and the 184th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Flannery O'Connor ranks 1,589 out of 7,302. Before her are John of Kronstadt, Diagoras of Melos, Joseph Needham, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Théodore de Banville, and Eileen Chang. After her are Tomi Ungerer, Philippe de Commines, Martin of Opava, Caroline Graham, Dick Bruna, and Akka Mahadevi.

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Among people born in 1925, Flannery O'Connor ranks 116. Before her are Gore Vidal, Alexandre do Nascimento, John List, Efim Geller, Georges Delerue, and Aliya Moldagulova. After her are Honor Blackman, Warren Christopher, Bauer, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Tofiq Bahramov, and Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Among people deceased in 1964, Flannery O'Connor ranks 50. Before her are Heinrich Neuhaus, Cole Porter, J. B. S. Haldane, Amrit Kaur, Werner Kempf, and Vladko Maček. After her are August Sander, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Bechara El Khoury, Patrick Ryan, Andriy Melnyk, and Carl Van Vechten.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Flannery O'Connor ranks 2,327 out of 20,380. Before her are Charles Duke (1935), Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749), Meir Kahane (1932), Nick Carter (1980), Leland Stanford (1824), and Gary Ridgway (1949). After her are Vernon L. Smith (1927), Sarah Wayne Callies (1977), Tom Regan (1938), Michelle Rodriguez (1978), Janet Jackson (1966), and MrBeast (1998).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Flannery O'Connor ranks 184. Before her are Ken Kesey (1935), Erich Segal (1937), Betty Friedan (1921), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), and Solomon Northup (1808). After her are Don DeLillo (1936), Ken Wilber (1949), Robert Jordan (1948), Ira Levin (1929), Harlan Coben (1962), and Robert Silverberg (1935).

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