Harper Lee by Nicolette Navarro https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d en-us 2017-01-25 16:41:46 UTC 2026-02-10 20:39:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150581502 Harper Lee won the Pulitzer prize for " To kill a mockingbird"]]> 2017-01-31 16:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150581502 , more than 40 million copies have been sold; the book has also been translated into more than 40 languages. https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150581595 2017-01-31 16:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150581595 court papers from a 2012 lawsuit show that the author still receives about $3 million in royalties from Mockingbird every year (the lawsuit, which alleged that Lee's former agent had tricked her into assigning him the copyright for Mockingbird, was settled in 2013) https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150582058 2017-01-31 16:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150582058 https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150582171 2017-01-31 16:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150582171 Harper Lee is being awarded America's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for her outstanding contribution to literature. https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150582928 2017-01-31 16:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150582928 https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150583481 To Kill a Mockingbird is a great novel and, unusually, was quickly made into a great film]]> 2017-01-31 16:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150583481 "Go Set a Watchman," which Lee completed in the 1950s and then set aside in favor of "Mockingbird." Set 20 years on from "Mockingbird," the book follows Scout, the tomboy daughter in "Mockingbird," as an adult. https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150583792 2017-01-31 16:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150583792 In the years following To Kill a Mockingbird's release, a rumor began that Lee's longtime friend Truman Capote was the true mind behind the novel. After all, https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150583976 2017-01-31 16:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150583976 https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150584066 2017-01-31 16:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150584066 1956 - Friends impressed with Lee's writing abilities give her money to support herself for a year. She leaves her job at the airline to concentrate full-time on writing. https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150584326 2017-01-31 16:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150584326 https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150584581 Lee, who suffered a stroke in 2007, has ongoing health issues that include hearing loss, limited vision and problems with her short-term memory. All this made some wonder whether]]> 2017-01-31 16:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150584581 https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150584740 2017-01-31 16:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150584740 https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150587405 2017-01-31 16:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150587405 https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150587495 2017-01-31 16:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nnavarro3/j6hkhv0qyk5d/wish/150587495