# Flannery O'Connor at 100

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 27, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flannery-oconnor-at-100/1028802 "2026-03-27T03:46:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flannery-oconnor-at-100/1028802/1 "2026-03-27T03:46:46Z")

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I’ve been reading Flannery O’Connor’s collected works for the past month. (Yes, I read slowly, but then it _is_ 1220 pages. 150 to go!) Just now, I realized that it would be her 100th birthday … yesterday. D’oh! I’m off by a day. ln any case, happy belated birthday, Miss O’Connor! I’m sorry you didn’t get to live the last 61 years of your century – f\*\*\*ing lupus – but you produced an amazing body of work in that short time. I only wish I were intelligent enough to fully appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flannery-oconnor-at-100/1028802/2 "2026-03-27T03:56:18Z")

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It’s been 25+ years since I read her stuff in college, but her short stories stood out as great reads from that time in my life.