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Early Childhood
Born April 28, 1926 in
Monroeville, Alabama
(a famous quote)
To Kill a Mocking Bird
"But there is one way in this country in which all men
are created equal - there is one human institution that
makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid
man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man
the equal of any college president. That institution,
gentlemen, is a court. It can be the Supreme Court of
the United States of the humblest J.P. court in the land,
or this honorable court which you serve. Our courts
have their faults, as does any human institution, but in
this country our courts are the great levelers, and in
our courts all men are created equal." (Finch
defending Tom Robinson)
A Major Influence: Truman
Capote
Capote is famous for
writing In Cold Blood
& Breakfast at
Tiffanys.
The character of Dill
is based on Capote,
Harper Lees actual
playmate,
schoolmate, and
neighbor in
Monroeville.
Like Capote, Dill is
creative, bold, and
suffers from an
unsatisfactory family
history.
1962the novel was
turned into a film
starring Gregory
Peck
It received a
humanitarian award
and several
Academy Award
nominations.
Harper Lee, the Acclaimed
Writer
Although her first novel gained a huge success, Lee did
not continue her career as a writer. She returned from
New York to Monroeville, where she has lived avoiding
interviews.
To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into several
languages. An illustrated English edition appeared in
Moscow in 1977 for propaganda reasons.
In the foreword Nadiya Matuzova writes: "But her only,
remarkable novel which continued the best traditions of
the American authors who wrote about America's South
- Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell and
many others - will forever belong in the treasure of
progressive American literature."