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  1. Harper Lee

    In 1959, Harper Lee finished the manuscript for her Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller To Kill a Mockingbird. Soon after, she helped fellow writer and friend Truman Capote compose an article for ...

  2. Harper Lee

    Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 - February 19, 2016) was an American novelist whose 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature.She assisted her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book In Cold Blood (1966). Her second and final novel, Go Set a Watchman, was an earlier draft of Mockingbird, set at a later ...

  3. Harper Lee

    Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926, Monroeville, Alabama, U.S.—died February 19, 2016, Monroeville) was an American writer nationally acclaimed for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). Harper Lee's father was Amasa Coleman Lee, a lawyer who by all accounts resembled the hero of her novel in his sound citizenship and warmheartedness.

  4. Harper Lee: Her Life and Work

    Harper Lee, the beloved author of "To Kill a Mockingbird," died on Friday in her hometown of Monroeville, Ala. She was 89. Below is a look at the pivotal moments in her life and career.

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    281. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in June 1960 and became instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. To Kill a Mockingbird has become a classic of modern American literature; a year after its release, it won the Pulitzer Prize.

  6. Harper Lee, Author of To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 -February 19, 2016) was an American author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). Born in Monroeville, Alabama, she was originally named Nelle Harper Lee. Few novels have had the cultural impact of To Kill a Mockingbird, which has sold tens of millions of copies and has been ...

  7. A Biography of Harper Lee, Author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

    June 8, 2006. In his introduction to the first book-length biography of Harper Lee, the elusive author of "To Kill a Mockingbird," Charles J. Shields tells the reader way too much about his ...

  8. The Life, Death and Career of Harper Lee

    Feb. 27, 2018. When Harper Lee, the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Go Set a Watchman," died two years ago at 89, one story ended and another began. Her will was unsealed on Tuesday ...

  9. Harper Lee Biography

    Harper Lee Biography. Photo by Truman Capote; taken from 1st edition dust jacket, courtesy Printers Row Fine & Rare Books. "Nelle" Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, the youngest of four children of Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. She grew up in Monroeville, a small town in southwest Alabama.

  10. 6 Fascinating Facts About Harper Lee

    Harper Lee's beloved "To Kill a Mockingbird" characters Scout (Mary Badham), Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) and Jem (Phillip Alford) found even more fans in the 1962 film adaptation. ; Photo ...

  11. Lee, Nelle Harper

    Nelle Harper Lee (1926-2016) is the author of one of the most affecting and widely read books of American literature. In creating To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), Lee drew deeply and essentially from her coming-of-age years in the small town of Monroeville, Monroe County, Alabama. Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel explores the dimensions of prejudice, hate, […]

  12. To Kill a Mockingbird

    Plot summary. (From left) Estelle Evans, Phillip Alford, and Mary Badham in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), directed by Robert Mulligan. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression. The protagonist is Jean Louise ("Scout") Finch, an intelligent though unconventional girl who ages ...

  13. To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee Biography

    Use this CliffsNotes To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide today to ace your next test! Get free homework help on Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: book summary, chapter summary and analysis, quotes, essays, and character analysis courtesy of CliffsNotes. In To Kill a Mockingbird , author Harper Lee uses memorable characters to explore Civil Rights and racism in the segregated southern United ...

  14. Harper Lee (Author of To Kill a Mockingbird)

    Harper Lee, known as Nelle, was born in the Alabama town of Monroeville, the youngest of four children of Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. Her father, a former newspaper editor and proprietor, was a lawyer who served on the state legislature from 1926 to 1938. As a child, Lee was a tomboy and a precocious reader, and enjoyed ...

  15. To Kill a Mockingbird Author Biography

    Harper Lee | Biography. Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama, the same state in which To Kill a Mockingbird is set. She was the youngest of four children born to Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. Certain aspects of Lee's upbringing seem to have planted the seeds for the characters and story ...

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee 1960 Introduction Author Biography Plot Summary Characters Themes Style Historical Context Critical Overview Criticism Sources For Further Study Harper Lee 1960 Introduction. When To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960, it brought its young first-time author, Harper Lee, a startling amount of attention and notoriety. The novel replays three key years in ...

  17. Harper Lee's Novel Achievement

    To spend an hour in Monroeville, Alabama, is to know why Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, ranks as one of the crankiest writers on the planet.Strongly inclined to put aside the ...

  18. Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee: Shields, Charles J

    Paperback - April 3, 2007. "A fine, well-rounded portrait of Harper Lee. Mockingbird is good reading."―Star-Tribune (Minneapolis) To Kill a Mockingbird―the twentieth century's most widely read American novel―has sold thirty million copies and still sells a million yearly. Yet despite her book's perennial popularity, its creator, Harper ...

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    Explore a biography on the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee. Discover facts about Harper Lee's early life, education, books, and achievements. Updated: 08/24/2022

  20. How Harper Lee Wrote, and How She Didn't

    Thomas Mallon discusses a biography of Harper Lee and her process in writing "To Kill a Mockingbird." ... Shields's new biography, "Mockingbird" (Holt; $25). ... egg—the author of high ...

  21. 10 Facts About Harper Lee, Author of To Kill a Mockingbird

    Considered one of the Great American Novels, To Kill a Mockingbird is the story of a small southern town embroiled in a racially charged trial, told from the perspective of a precocious young girl, Scout. The novel drew inspiration from Lee's upbringing in Monroeville, Alabama. The novel has sold tens of millions of copies and is still widely ...

  22. Harper Lee, Author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Dies at 89

    Feb. 19, 2016. Harper Lee, whose first novel, " To Kill a Mockingbird ," about racial injustice in a small Alabama town, sold more than 40 million copies and became one of the most beloved and ...

  23. To Kill a Mockingbird

    Learn about the life and work of Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, in this informative video by Professor Bradley Greenburg.

  24. To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes by Harper Lee

    "Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corn cribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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  26. Harper Lee, "To Kill a Mockingbird"

    First published in 1960, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is considered an American classic and won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Based loosely on Lee's own childhood experiences, the novel takes place in the Deep South during the Great Depression. ... Independent article on the 2018 Duluth banning https://www.independent.co.uk ...

  27. 9 Books I Read For School That I'd Still Pick Up Today

    Set in Alabama in the 1960s, To Kill a Mockingbird follows Scout and Jem Finch, whose father is a lawyer defending a Black man falsely accused of a crime. The novel digs into the town's response ...

  28. Exclusive Register survey finds 3,400 banned books under new Iowa law

    Classics such as "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "1984" were among the books removed. Despite an injunction staying parts of Senate File 496, about 2,000 books remain unshelved.

  29. 'To Kill a Mockingbird' review: Aaron Sorkin's Great American Play

    Indeed, this version of "To Kill a Mockingbird" elevates the Black perspective more than its predecessors. For example, Tom Robinson (Yaegel Welch), the Black man falsely accused of rape whom ...

  30. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee|Le Ciel Le Jour La Nuit

    "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a story about the growth of Jean Louise (Scout) and her brother Jem, guided by their father Atticus. Scout is a funny girl. I like her energy. She's like my spirit animal. ... The trial scene in the story creates a lot of suspense, which shows how talented the author is. But there isn't actually any real suspense ...