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Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) 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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Flannery O'Connor
Georgia State College
the State University of Iowa
Late in her life someone asked the American writer Flannery O'Connor why she wrote. She said, "Because I am good at it. " She was good. Yet, she was not always as good a writer as she became. She improved because she listened to others. She changed her stories. She re-wrote them, then re-wrote them again, always working to improve what she was creating. Flannery had always wanted to be a writer. After she graduated from Georgia State College for women, she asked to be accepted at a writing program at the State University of Iowa. The head of the school found it difficult to understand her southern speech. He asked her to write what she wanted. Then he asked to see some examples of her work. He saw immediately that the writing was full of imagination and bright with knowledge, like Flannery O'Connor herself.在之后有人询问美国作家弗兰纳里·奥康纳她为何要写作。她表示：“因为我擅长这件事。”她确实很好，但她不是开始就这样优秀的。她通过倾听他人的意见而进步。她改变自己写的故事，一次又一次的重新书写，总是在修改她创作的那些作品。弗兰纳里一直期望成为一名作家。当她从乔治亚州立大学女子部毕业之后，她希望申请被爱荷华州立大学的一个写作项目录取。该校的领导发现很难理解她的南方口音。他要求弗兰纳里写下她希望做什么。之后想看看她的样作。他很快发现她的作品里充满想象，学识渊博，正如弗兰纳里本人一样。
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发表于 2016-8-2 13:39:05