O'Connor was born in 1925 Savannah, Ga., on leafy Lafayette Square, still dominated by the massive Cathedral of St. John the Baptist visible from the O'Connors' doorstep. Roman Catholicism was central ...

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Mary Flannery is the first and only child born to Edward Francis and Regina O'Connor in Savannah, Georgia. O'Connor’s family moves to Milledgeville, Georgia where she attends Peabody Girls High School ...

The Southern writer’s tortured life shines a light on her dark tales. Few writers can say they even attempted to accomplish what Flannery O’Connor did: to carve out their own distinctive genre.

There have been many biographies of Flannery O’Connor written in the last two decades and critical studies on her work continues to grow, especially concerning O’Connor’s life and her work around ...

Who says there’s no such thing as nepotism in Hollywood? After all, there’s no way that Ethan Hawke would have got the gig directing Wildcat if he wasn’t the star's father. “She ended up turning her ...

A new documentary film about one of Georgia’s most eminent writers, Flannery O’Connor, had its digital premiere Friday. “Flannery: The Storied Life of the Writer from Georgia,” includes interviews ...

A new documentary film about one of Georgia’s most eminent writers, Flannery O’Connor, will have its digital premiere online Friday, July 17. “Flannery: The Storied Life of the Writer from Georgia,” ...

Please join us to watch a film about one of America's most iconic Catholic writers followed by a discussion with the film's producer, Mark Bosco, S.J.,and one of the most respected scholars of ...

A panel discussion on February 23 will feature O’Connor scholars Mark Bosco, Patricia West, and Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, who will discuss the themes of faith, race, and disability in O’Connor’s works.