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  1. Apr 15, 2024 · 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, and is one of the most-assigned novels in American schools. In 1961 it won a Pulitzer Prize.

  2. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in June 1960 and became instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. To Kill a Mockingbird has become a classic of modern American literature; a year after its release, it won the Pulitzer Prize.

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    • July 11, 1960
  3. 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 ...

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  5. Jul 12, 2015 · When Ms. Lee found a 12-toed kitten huddled against a pipe in the basement of her apartment building, she brought it to Ms. Hohoff and her husband in a wicker basket. “He needed a home,” Ms ...

  6. Working with J. B. Lippincott & Co. editor Tay Hohoff, she completed To Kill a Mockingbird in the summer of 1959. Published July 11, 1960, the novel was an immediate bestseller and won great critical acclaim, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961.

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  7. Calendar. Study Guides. About the Author and Playwright: To Kill a Mockingbird. By Marlo Ihler. In 1960, author Harper Lee published what was to become one of the most influential novels in American history, To Kill a Mockingbird. Ironically when it was first published she was told not to expect it to sell more than a couple thousand copies.

  8. 'To Kill A Mockingbird' is a 1960 novel by American writer Harper Lee. It is a classic that exposes the folly and injustice of racism in the Deep South through the lens of childhood innocence. About the Book. Protagonist: "Scout" Atticus Finch. Rating: 4.7/5. Genre: Classic, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction. Publication Date: 1960. Introduction.

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