The Resume

(March 25, 1925-August 3, 1964)
Wrote 'Wise Blood (1952),' 'A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories (1955),' 'The Violent Bear It Away (1960),' and 'Everything That Rises Must Converge' (published posthumously, 1965)

Why she might be annoying:

Her stories are filled with religious maniacs and bizarre happenings.
She was a Southern writer who hated being thought of as a Southern writer.
She kept peacocks as pets.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was a cartoonist in her spare time.
She had a sharp wit.
Her writings are completely unsentimental.
She said: 'The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.'
She had lupus, a debilitating blood disease.
For the last ten years of her life, she was an invalid.
She died at age 39.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• I Attended University of Iowa
• I Died in 1964 (Ranked: 39)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 39)
• I Have Lupus
• Influenced by Teilhard de Chardin
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 31)
• Profiles 10501-10750 (Ranked: 10664)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 40.62% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 21 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 103 Votes: 47.57% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 135 Votes: 42.22% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 177 Votes: 50.28% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 265 Votes: 42.64% Annoying