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Harper Lee

Harper Lee. “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Early Life.  Descendent from Robert E. Lee, the Southern Civil War general Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama on April 28, 1926.

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Harper Lee

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  1. Harper Lee “To Kill a Mockingbird”

  2. Early Life •  Descendent from Robert E. Lee, the Southern Civil War general • Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama on April 28, 1926. • Father was a former newspaper editor who had served as a state senator and practiced as a lawyer in Monroeville. • Mother suffered from mental illness (likely bipolar disorder) and rarely left the house

  3. Education • Lee studied law at the University of Alabama from 1945 to 1949 • Known for being a loner and individualist • Attempted a social life – joined a sorority • Editor of school newspaper • Spent a year as an exchange student in Oxford University, Wellington Square. • Six months before finishing her studies, she went to New York to pursue a literary career. • Worked as an Airline reservation clerk with Eastern Air Lines and British Overseas Airways during the 1950s.

  4. Career • In 1956, wealthy friends volunteered to support her for a year so she could write • Finished “To Kill a Mockingbird” in 1959 • In 1959 Lee accompanied Truman Capote to Holcombe, Kansas, as a research assistant for Capote's classic 'non-fiction' novel In Cold Blood (1966). • “To Kill a Mockingbird” won a Pulitzer prize in 1961; film adaptation in 1962

  5. Present • After “Mockingbird,” it was rumored Lee was working on a second novel, but it was never published • During the 1970s and 1980s, Lee largely retreated from public life. • Lee spent some of her time on a non-fiction book project about an Alabama serial killer, which had the working title The Reverend. This work, however, was never published. • Lee continues to live a quiet, private life in New York City and Monroeville. • Active in her church and community, she usually avoids anything to do with her still popular novel.

  6. “To Kill a Mockingbird” • Setting – Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s. • Characters • The Finch’s – Lee’s mother’s maiden name • Scout – representative of Lee as a child • Dill – based on Truman Capote, Lee’s childhood friend • Themes • Coming of age • Loss of innocence • Racism

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