Flannery O’Connor
1925 – 1964
and it’s a very good thing to be stuck with.”
Flannery O’Connor is recognized as one of
the most important American writers of this century. Born in
Savannah, she moved to a family home in Milledgeville and
graduated from Georgia State College for Women, now Georgia
College & State University, and the School for Writers at the
State University of Iowa. Before her untimely death from
lupus, she wrote two novels and two volumes of short stories.
After her death, her edited letters and a book of prose were
published. Her most creative years were those of her physical
decline.
As a first grader, O’Connor trained a “frizzled” chicken
(so-called because its feathers grow backward) to walk
backward. Pathe News, then shown in movie theaters, sent a
cameraman to record O’Connor and her chicken in action.
Year inducted: 1992
Learn more about
Flannery O’Connor
Ina Dillard Russell Library
Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville
478-445-4047
