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HARPER LEE By Group 1 Zach, Madi, Haley , & Sam When and where was Harper Lee born? What was her family like? • Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama in 1926 • She was the youngest of four siblings • Her father was a well known lawyer in Alabama, as well as a local state legislature and he owned part of the newspaper • Her mother was thought to be bipolar and rarely left home Who was her childhood best friend? • Her best friend throughout her life was future author , Truman Capote • Truman was often picked on and called a sissy for wearing fancy clothes • They were not that similar in personality traits, but they both had difficult home lives What did she study in college? Did she participate in any extra-curricular activities? • Originally the young author set out to be a writer but then decided she wanted to practice law, only to change her mind once again four years down the road, back to being the famous author we know today • At her first college she enrolled in (Huntingdon university) Harper Lee was a member of the literary honors society and glee club. When she attended Alabama university she was in a sorority and she wrote and reported for her school newspaper Based off the information on the previous slide, why might this be important to consider while reading “To Kill a Mocking Bird”? • Our group believes that her major in law at Alabama university played a major role in the book “to kill a mocking bird” because the main characters fathers profession was a lawyer (who she’s very close with) which caused the conflict in the story How did her decision to move to New York make To Kill A Mockingbird a reality? • She met broadways Michael Martin Brown and his wife who supported her new career opportunity as a writer • They granted her with the Christmas present of support to help through her first year of publishing and writing • They also helped her find an agent • Her agent helped catch the eye of the publishing firm which became interested in her first great novel What year was To Kill A Mockingbird published? When was it adapted to screen? • To Kill a Mocking Bird was published in July of 1960 • In 1962 it became adapted to screen Was Harper Lee honored in any way following the publication of To Kill A Mockingbird? • 1961- awarded the Pulitzer Prize • 1962- Horton Foote wrote a screen play, her novel got nominated for 8 academy awards and won 4 of them • 1977- an English illustrated version appeared in Moscow • 1987-produced into a play which was produced in England