Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, to Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. Harper Lee grew up in the small southwestern Alabama town of Monroeville. Her father, a former newspaper editor and proprietor, was a lawyer who also served on the state legislature (1926-38). As a child, Lee was a tomboy and a precocious reader, and she enjoyed the friendship of her schoolmate and neighbor, the young Truman Capote, who provided the basis of the character of Dill in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
b. Biodata
Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. --- Lee was the youngest of four children born to Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Finch Lee. --- She attended Huntingdon College 1944-45, studied law at the University of Alabama 1945-49, and studied one year at Oxford University. --- In the 1950s she worked as a reservation clerk with Eastern Air Lines and BOAC in New York City. --- In 1957 Lee submitted the manuscript of her novel to the J. B. Lippincott Company. --- After being instructed to rewrite it, Lee worked on it for two and a half more years --- In 1960 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Lee's only book, was published. --- In 1961 she had two articles published: "Love --- In Other Words" in Vogue, and "Christmas To Me" in McCalls. --- In June of 1966, Harper Lee was one of two persons named by President Johnson to the National Council of Arts.
Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. --- Lee was the youngest of four children born to Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Finch Lee. --- She attended Huntingdon College 1944-45, studied law at the University of Alabama 1945-49, and studied one year at Oxford University. --- In the 1950s she worked as a reservation clerk with Eastern Air Lines and BOAC in New York City. --- In 1957 Lee submitted the manuscript of her novel to the J. B. Lippincott Company. --- After being instructed to rewrite it, Lee worked on it for two and a half more years --- In 1960 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Lee's only book, was published. --- In 1961 she had two articles published: "Love --- In Other Words" in Vogue, and "Christmas To Me" in McCalls. --- In June of 1966, Harper Lee was one of two persons named by President Johnson to the National Council of Arts.
c. 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)
"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)
d. 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)
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)
e. Why was To Kill A Mockingbird a significant novel to her?
To Kill a Mockingbird was written and published amidst the most significant and conflict-ridden social change in the South since the Civil War and Reconstruction. Inevitably, despite its mid-1930s setting, the story told from the perspective of the 1950s voices the conflicts, tensions, and fears induced by this transition.
To Kill a Mockingbird was written and published amidst the most significant and conflict-ridden social change in the South since the Civil War and Reconstruction. Inevitably, despite its mid-1930s setting, the story told from the perspective of the 1950s voices the conflicts, tensions, and fears induced by this transition.
To kill a mocking bird!
ReplyDeletei hope you are going to read that.
that was 1 of the book i had to read for my o'levels. i love the book so much & i got an A2 for my O'levels =)
anyway,
the rest of your post seems to be homework set by your lecturer. so im not sure if it's advisable for me to comment.
by the way, i think for this term you are doing/studying alot on racial discrimination. you might want to watch the movie hair spray by john travolta & zac afron. on a lighter note,
here's a poem i remember my teacher showing to us back then when we are reading the book.
“When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm black, when I die I'm black, and you... when you're born you're pink, when you grow up you're white, when you're cold you're blue, when you're sick you're green, when you die you're blue and you dare call me coloured.” - Malcom X