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Harper Lee

Harper Lee is an American writer best known for her novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird', published in 1960, which won the Pulitzer Prize. She grew up in Alabama and became close friends with fellow writer Truman Capote. After graduating from college, she moved to New York City to pursue a writing career. Her novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was published in 1960 and became a critical and commercial success, winning several awards including the Pulitzer Prize.

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Harper Lee

Harper Lee is an American writer best known for her novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird', published in 1960, which won the Pulitzer Prize. She grew up in Alabama and became close friends with fellow writer Truman Capote. After graduating from college, she moved to New York City to pursue a writing career. Her novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was published in 1960 and became a critical and commercial success, winning several awards including the Pulitzer Prize.

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Sean Rodriguez 3-14-11 Harper Lee

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Harper Lee is a writer known for writhing Pulitizer Prize, winning best seller for To Kill A Mockingbird in 1960. She was born on April 28, 1926, as Nelle Harper Lee, Monroeville, Alabama. She is one of four siblings, the youngest one, growing up as a tomboy in a small town. Her father was a lawyer who also owned part of a newspaper and her mother suffered from an illness which didnt allow her to leave her home. It as believed that she had a bipolar disorder. Growning up, Harper made friends with another (soon to be) writer, Truman Capote who was later known as Truman Persons. They became close friend although they were different they shared similar home issues. Truman parents abandoned him to his mothers relatives. As they grew up, Harper served as his protector since he was made fun of because she live an alternate life and she was more stronger than most boys her age. When Harper started to go into high school, she quickly took an interest in English literature. After graduating from high school in 1944, she went to an all women college in Montgomery. She stood apart from the rest of the females, who were constantly thinking of other things besides their studies. She worked and focused on her studies and work. She was part of the literary honor society. She was a loner and an advocate of individualism when she transferred to the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. She tried for a more social life and she join a sorority for a while. She participated in her school newspaper and magazine, The Rammer Jammer, pursuing her dreams as a writer. Later she became the magazine editor. After transfering from college to college, she moved to New York City to pursue her writing career. As she struggled in New York City she joins up with her childhood friend Truman, who was a star in the making at that time. Harper aqquianted herself with the Browns, a broadway composer and lyricist couple, who later on help her find an agent, who got the publishing firm intrested in her first book, Go Set a Watchmen. They also got intrested in her other novels, Atticus and then To Kill A Mockingbird. Finally in July of 1960 her book, To Kill A Mockingbird was published and was brought to the attention of the Book-Of-The-Month Club and The Literary Guild. The following year, she won the Pulitizer Prize for To Kill A Mockingbird and it was later turned in to a movie winning 4 awards. She started working on a second book, that was never published. She worked on her friend, Trumans book which was published in 1966, but Truman failed to showed the contribution on Harper which angered her. That same year, she received a requested and accepted it by President Lyndon B. Johnson to be on the National Concil Of The Arts. She continues to live in New York City and Monroeville reverted to living back to a peaceful, private life.

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