Harper Lee 1926 -

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Harper Lee1926 -
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Early life

• Born April 28, 1926
• Monroeville, Alabama
• Youngest child
• Parents were Amasa Lee and Frances Finch Lee

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• Father, Amasa, was an attorney
• Family related to Confederate General Robert E.
  Lee
• Childhood friends with author Truman Capote

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Education/Career

• University of Alabama Law School
• One year at Oxford University (England)
• Did not earn her law degree

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• Felt legal courses helped her think logically
  (helpful for a writer)
• Moved to New York City
• Worked in airline reservations department
• Wrote in spare time
• Perfectionist in her writing

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To Kill a Mockingbird

• Rejected by J. B. Lippincott in 1957
• Published (after rewriting) in 1960
• Instant success
• Best-seller for eighty-five weeks
• Only published this novel

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Parallels to Lees Life

• Atticus Finch Amasa Lee both lawyers
• Maycomb similar to Monroeville
• Dill based on Truman Capote
• Scout Finch Harper Lee both avid readers and
  tomboys

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Awards

• Won 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
• Paperback of the Year Award
• Alabama Library Association literary award

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• National Conference of Christians and Jews
  Brotherhood Award
• Oscar-winning movie (Gregory Peck, Best Actor)

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