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I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.
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Birth: | 25th March, 1925 |
Death: | 3rd August, 1964 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American writer and essayist. An important voice in American literature, O'Connor wrote two novels and 32 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She was a Southern writer who often wrote in a Southern Gothic style and relied heavily on regional settings and grotesque characters. O'Connor's writing also reflected her own Roman Catholic faith, and frequently examined questions of morality and ethics.
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