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flannery o'connor

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O'Con⋅nor

[oh-kon-er]
–noun
1. Frank (Michael Donovan), 1903–66, Irish writer.
2. (Mary) Flannery, 1925–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
3. John Joseph, Cardinal, 1920–2000, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of New York 1984–2000.
4. Sandra Day, born 1930, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court1981–2006 and first woman appointed to that position.
5. Thomas Power, 1848–1929, Irish journalist, author, and political leader.
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O'Con·nor   (ō-kŏn'ər)   
American writer whose novels Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960) and short stories, collected in such works as A Good Man Is Hard to Find (1955), are noted for their explorations of religious faith and a spare literary style.
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