The life of Flannery O'Connor

Born

Mar 25, 1925

Born in Savannah Georgia

Move

Jan 1, 1938

Family moves to Milledgevillel, Georgia

Father's death

Jan 1, 1940

Flannery's father dies of systemic lupus erythematosus

Scholarship

Jan 1, 1945

wins a scholarship in Journalism from the University of Iowa

Sickness

Jan 1, 1950

diagnosed with lupus and must return to Milledgeville for the rest of her life

First Book Published

Jan 1, 1952

publishes her first novel Wise Blood

First Publishment of collection of short stories

Jan 1, 1955

publishes first collection of short stories, A Good Man is Hard to Find

Death

Aug 3, 1964

dies of lupus after being in a coma in Baldwin County Hospital on August 3rd