Harper Lee

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American writer human novelist

Harper Lee was an American novelist best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," a seminal work on racial injustice in the American South.

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instanceOf American writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
awardReceived National Medal of Arts ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
collaboratedWith Truman Capote ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-04-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-02-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Huntingdon College ⓘ
University of Alabama ⓘ
University of Alabama School of Law ⓘ
employer British Overseas Airways Corporation ⓘ
Eastern Air Lines ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Lee ⓘ
fieldOfWork fiction ⓘ
novels about race and justice ⓘ
friend Truman Capote ⓘ
fullName Harper Lee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nelle Harper Lee
genre Bildungsroman ⓘ
Southern Gothic ⓘ
givenName Nell ⓘ
surface form: Nelle
hasAdaptation To Kill a Mockingbird (1962 film) ⓘ
hasSignatureWork To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
honor National Medal of Arts 2010 ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
surface form: Presidential Medal of Freedom 2007
influenced American literature ⓘ
influencedBy American civil rights issues ⓘ
Southern culture ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableAwardYear Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
surface form: 1961 (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
notableFor depicting racial injustice in the American South ⓘ
notableWork Go Set a Watchman ⓘ
To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Monroeville, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Monroeville, Alabama, United States
placeOfDeath Monroeville, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Monroeville, Alabama, United States
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Monroeville, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Monroeville, Alabama, United States
sibling Alice Lee ⓘ
subjectOf biographical studies ⓘ
workPeriod 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ

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To Kill a Mockingbird → author → Harper Lee ⓘ
film Capote (2005) → character → Harper Lee ⓘ
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Truman Capote → collaboratedWith → Harper Lee ⓘ
Atticus Finch → createdBy → Harper Lee ⓘ
Truman Capote → friend → Harper Lee ⓘ
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