Flannery was born in Savannah, Georgia on March 25, 1925. She was the daughter of Regina O"Connor and Edward O"Connor. She was born into a Catholic community. At the time of her birth, the war between the states was long over, but its memory lived on in the history of Savannah for years to come.
Though the times were different, Savannah still had its distinguished history. The poor was separated from the wealthy, the blacks from the whites and the Catholics from the Protestants. .
Flannery and her family were Catholic, but Catholics suffered in Georgia. Savannah had a charter that banned Catholicism, making life very difficult. Flannery believed strongly in her Catholic religion. She went to an all-girls Catholic school, where she attended daily prayer sessions and sung hymns.
In her life she was already becoming a young prodigy. As a small child she wrote criticisms on the inside covers of books such as "Alice in Wonderland." She graduated high school in 1942 during the first full year of American involvement in WWII. She went to college at Georgia State where she studied writing, literature, advanced drawing, and advertising. She wrote for their magazine and the college paper. She became the editor of her school magazine by her senior year. She then went on to graduate school at the University of Iowa. She received a Masters degree in fine arts and creative writing. .
She wrote her first short story, and sold it in 1946. It was called "The Geranium," and it was published in the Accent magazine. In the spring of 1948 she was in the process of writing her first novel "Wise Blood." She was diagnosed with lupus in 1949 and in 1964 she died.
Denying the Existence of Christ.
Flannery O"Connor , a classic American author, often had an impious mood toward the Roman Catholic religion in her works. This was because of the religious persecution and discrimination she encountered as a young child.
