Portrait of Harper Lee
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Harper Lee

28 April 1926 – 19 February 2016

45 works in the book catalog catalog

Biography

Nelle Harper Lee was an American novelist. She wrote the 1960 novel *To Kill a Mockingbird* that won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature. Lee received numerous accolades and honorary degrees, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 which was awarded for her contribution to literature. She assisted her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book *In Cold Blood* (1966). Capote was the basis for the character Dill Harris in *To Kill a Mockingbird.*

Also published as: Nelle Harper Lee, H. Lee, Харпер Ли, Х. Ли, Harper LEE, harper lee

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