WRITER

Flannery O'Connor

1925 - 1964

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Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She was a Southern writer, who often wrote in a sardonic Southern Gothic style, and she relied, heavily, on regional settings and grotesque characters, often in violent situations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Flannery O'Connor has received more than 3,927,419 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Flannery O'Connor is the 2,146th most popular writer (down from 2,084th in 2019), the 2,681st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,731st in 2019) and the 233rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 61.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Flannery O'Connor ranks 2,146 out of 7,302. Before her are Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Minna Canth, Raul Hilberg, János Arany, Antonio Skármeta, and Osvaldo Moles. After her are Oliver Goldsmith, Ernst von Salomon, Goffredo Mameli, Paul Féval, père, Sabahattin Ali, and Aleksander Chodźko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Flannery O'Connor ranks 135. Before her are Luis Molowny, Toshio Iwatani, Shigeko Higashikuni, Louison Bobet, John Guillermin, and Henning Larsen. After her are Maurice Pialat, Pavel Belyayev, Aldo Ciccolini, Art Pepper, René Moawad, and Jean d'Ormesson. Among people deceased in 1964, Flannery O'Connor ranks 61. Before her are Prince Axel of Denmark, Veit Harlan, Alan Ladd, Adib Shishakli, Anna Vyrubova, and Pierre Monteux. After her are Jean Fautrier, Hermann Breith, Samuil Marshak, Flaminio Bertoni, Wanda Wasilewska, and Carl Van Vechten.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Flannery O'Connor ranks 2,681 out of 20,380. Before her are John Hillerman (1932), George Reeves (1914), Carolyn Jones (1930), Pancho Gonzales (1928), Eric Schmidt (1955), and William J. Burns (1956). After her are Suzanne Vega (1959), Laura Linney (1964), Philip Sheridan (1831), Ronald Evans (1933), Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914), and Jay Rockefeller (1937).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Flannery O'Connor ranks 233. Before her are Walter Tevis (1928), James M. Cain (1892), Terry Brooks (1944), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), John Kennedy Toole (1937), and Ed McBain (1926). After her are Siri Hustvedt (1955), Nelson Algren (1909), S. S. Van Dine (1888), Jacques Futrelle (1875), Samuel R. Delany (1942), and E. L. Doctorow (1931).

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