O `CONNOR Flannery (O` Connor Flannery)

(1925-1964)
Author of 'Gothic' novels and short stories about rural life of the American South, animate the religious fervor and colored comic strokes. Directness and 'stiffness' of its style reminiscent reportages. Metaphysical, by definition, 'enlarged' thou shalt put the world combined with a full perception of reality. Major trends of her work have identified an ardent Catholic and a disbelief in science, hampering the primordial life.
O'Connor was born March 25, 1925 in Savannah (ea. Georgia). After graduating from the College of Georgia in 1945, in 1947 received a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Iowa, settled in Yaddo, the colony of artists in Saratoga Springs (pc. New York), later moved to Connecticut, where in 1950 completed the first novel, Wise Blood (Wise Blood, 1952). Collection of short stories Good people are hard to find (A Good Man Is Hard to Find), which included stories of 1946-1954, published in 1955, the second novel, The kingdom of heaven suffers violence (The Violent Bear It Away) - 1960. O'Connor died in Millidzhville August 3, 1964. Posthumously published collection of essays and lectures, mystery and traditions (Mystery and Manners, . 1968) and a complete collection of short stories (Flannery O'Connor: The Complete Stories, . 1971, . National Book Award, . 1972), . have turned themselves in her most famous story at the top of all the trails converge,
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For O'Connor, the image is characterized by sudden, extreme situations, resulting in acts of violence provoked by the grotesque characters. In the novel, Wise Blood young madman founded the 'Church without Christ "and commit all conceivable sins - from adultery to murder, but in the end he repents, the punishment blinds himself and becomes a true religious awakening. Thrice honored O. Henry Prize for best story, and other literary prizes, O'Connor deservedly enjoys a reputation as a classic of American literature in 20.