Harper Lee wrote the famous, Award-winning novel, “to kill a mockingbird.” She wrote this novel using some of her childhood experiences. She had gotten a job small enough so that she could write this novel. She even had some tragedies when writing the novel. Once the novel was released there was another 55 years until her next novel before she died.
Lee was born, April 28, 1926 1920 in monroeville, Alabama. She was the youngest child to Amasa Coleman lee and Frances Finch. Mr finch struggled with a mental illness which is now thought to be Manic depression. She had a brother and 2 sisters. They didn't have many things so they lived in their imagination most of the time. They would do plays in the backyard based off the books they read. The story of to kill a mockingbird is definitely based off her childhood experiences, but she has denied the book being autobiographical.
Lee went to the public grammar school and high school in Montgomery, Alabama. …show more content…
From 1944 to 1945, she attended Huntingdon College in montgomery, but in 1945 she attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa to study law. At the university, Lee wrote columns, feature stories, and satires for the university newspaper and publications. Unfortunately, she didn’t finish her college degree and left in 1949. That year she left to pursue a literary career in new york
She worked briefly in a bookstore in new york,but she then became an airline reservations clerk. She did this so that she would be using a different mental energy at work than the mental energy to write at night. She was later able to quit her job and become a full time writer, thanks to the financial contributions from friends. She worked on her first novel for several years. In these years the death of her mother and brother had occurred along with other responsibilities.In 1960 her first novel “ To Kill A Mockingbird” was published and won the Pulitzer
Lee was born, April 28, 1926 1920 in monroeville, Alabama. She was the youngest child to Amasa Coleman lee and Frances Finch. Mr finch struggled with a mental illness which is now thought to be Manic depression. She had a brother and 2 sisters. They didn't have many things so they lived in their imagination most of the time. They would do plays in the backyard based off the books they read. The story of to kill a mockingbird is definitely based off her childhood experiences, but she has denied the book being autobiographical.
Lee went to the public grammar school and high school in Montgomery, Alabama. …show more content…
From 1944 to 1945, she attended Huntingdon College in montgomery, but in 1945 she attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa to study law. At the university, Lee wrote columns, feature stories, and satires for the university newspaper and publications. Unfortunately, she didn’t finish her college degree and left in 1949. That year she left to pursue a literary career in new york
She worked briefly in a bookstore in new york,but she then became an airline reservations clerk. She did this so that she would be using a different mental energy at work than the mental energy to write at night. She was later able to quit her job and become a full time writer, thanks to the financial contributions from friends. She worked on her first novel for several years. In these years the death of her mother and brother had occurred along with other responsibilities.In 1960 her first novel “ To Kill A Mockingbird” was published and won the Pulitzer