Harper Lee by Kyle Waite

Born

kylewait — 2024-04-11 12:22:49 UTC

Harper Lee born April 28, 1926, Monroeville, Alabama, U.S.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harper-Lee

Death

kylewait — 2024-04-11 12:24:49 UTC

Harper Lee died February 19, 2016

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harper-Lee

Father

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Harper Lee’s father was Amasa Coleman Lee, a lawyer

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harper-Lee

University of Alabama

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Lee studied law at the University of Alabama

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harper-Lee

Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Won the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pulitzer-Prize

kylewait — 2024-04-11 14:04:52 UTC

Her full name was Nelle Harper Lee

https://www.historyhit.com/culture/facts-about-harper-lee/

Truman Capote

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She was friends with Truman Capote.

https://www.historyhit.com/culture/facts-about-harper-lee/

Go Set a Watchman

kylewait — 2024-04-11 21:02:59 UTC

Harper Lee’s second book was published when she was aged 89.

https://www.historyhit.com/culture/facts-about-harper-lee/

Huntingdon College

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After graduating in 1944, she attended the all-female Huntingdon College in Montgomery.

https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/harper-lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

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To Kill a Mockingbird, novel by American author Harper Lee, published in 1960. Enormously popular, it was translated into some 40 languages, sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird

airline ticket clerk

kylewait — 2024-04-11 21:51:27 UTC

She worked as an airline ticket clerk while writing her first novel.

https://www.historyhit.com/culture/facts-about-harper-lee/