Harper Lee
1) About the author
Her full name was Nelle Harper Lee and she was born in 1926.
2) Biodata
She was born in Alabama. As a child, Lee was a tomboy and a good reader, and was best friends with her schoolmate and neighbor, Truman Capote (as known as Dill).
3) Novels written by her
- "To Kill a Mockingbird." (1960)
- "Christmas to Me". (December 1961)
- "When Children Discover America". (August 1965).
- "Cold Blood" (1966)
- Capote and Lee collaborated "The Long Goodbye" (mid-1980s)
4) Awards received
- Pulitzer Prize (1961)
- Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (1961)
- Alabama Library Association Award (1961)
- Bestsellers Paperback of the Year Award (1962)
- Member, National Council on the Arts (1966)
- Best Novel of the Century, Library Journal (1999)
- Alabama Humanities Award (2002)
- ATTY Award, Spector Gadon & Rosen Foundation (2005)
- Los Angeles Public Library Literary Award (2005)
- Honorary degree, University of Notre Dame (2006)
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (2007)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2007)
5) Why was TKAM a significant novel to her?
Scout Finch's childhood from To Kill A Mockingbird is very similar to her own childhood. It was as if she was talking about herself in the book.
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