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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. It is widely believed that Harper Lee based the character of Atticus Finch on her father, Amasa Coleman Lee, a compassionate and dedicated lawyer. The plot of To Kill a Mockingbird was reportedly inspired in part by his unsuccessful defense of two African American men—a father and a son—accused of ...
- To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee began writing To Kill a Mockingbird in the...
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Harper Lee, American writer nationally acclaimed for her...
- To Kill a Mockingbird
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).
- 1960–2016
- Southern Gothic
Lee began To Kill a Mockingbird in the mid-1950s, after moving to New York to become a writer. She completed the novel in 1957 and published it, with revisions, in 1960, just before the peak of the American civil rights movement.
Feb 19, 2016 · To Kill a Mockingbird "To Kill a Mockingbird," Lee's first book, was published in 1960 to immediate fanfare.
Jul 2, 2015 · By Daryl Chen. Updated: May 25, 2023. Curious about the famously mysterious author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and the forthcoming book 'Go Set a Watchman'? Here, fascinating details about...
