Raúl Aviña

Mariel Lau

• Mary FlanneryO’Connor was born onMarch 25, 1925 in Savannah, Georgia.

• In 1946, she wasaccepted into theprestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

• In 1951 she wasdiagnosed withsystemic lupus erythematosus.

• She died on August3, 1964.

• The Geranium (1946)

• The Barber (1948)

• Wildcat (1970)

• The Crop (1971)

• The Turkey, The Capture (1948)

• The Train (1948)

• The Peeler (1949)

• The Heart of the Park (1949)

• NOVELS

• Wise Blood (1952)

• The Violent Bear It Away (1960)

• O’Henry Awards 1967, 1963 and 1965.

• National Book Award 1972.

• First postwar American woman author in the canonic

Library of America.

• 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