Gender | Female |
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Weekday | Wednesday |
Date | April 28, 1926 |
Time | 5:25 p.m. |
Daylight Saving | No |
City | Monroeville, Alabama, United States |
Geo-location | 31ºN31'40.58", |
Timezone | America/Chicago |
City | Monroeville, Alabama, United States |
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Timezone | America/Chicago |
Time (America/Chicago) | Apr. 28, 1926, 06:25:00 PM |
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Time (UTC) | Apr. 28, 1926, 11:25:00 PM |
Time (LMT) | Apr. 28, 1926, 05:35:42 PM |
Time (Julian) | 2424634.47569444 |
LMT Correction | -5.8217 Hrs |
Ayanmsha | True Chitra - 22º49'7.3" |
American author of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize novel "To Kill a Mockingbird." The novel was made into an Oscar-winning film the following year starring Gregory Peck and has since been translated into ten foreign languages with a 74th printing in 1974. Lee was the youngest of four children of Amasa Coleman Lee, a lawyer, and homemaker mother Frances Cunningham Finch. After attending Huntingdon College from 1944-1945, she studied law at the University of Alabama from 1945-1949, and spent one year at Oxford University. During the '50s she was employed as a reservation agent for Eastern Airlines in York City. Deciding to put all her energy into writing, Lee left her job with the airlines and moved into a cold-water flat with makeshift furniture. When her beloved father suddenly became ill, she divided her time between New York and Monroeville, a practice she still continues. In 1957, Lee submitted her completed manuscript to J.B. Lippincott Company. She was told that her novel consisted of a series of short stories that were strung together and was encouraged to rewrite it. After re-working the manuscript, two and a half years later "To Kill A Mockingbird" was finally published in 1960 and remained until 2015 Lee's only published book. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Lee to the National Council for the Arts. Lee is as famous for her quiet lifestyle as she is for her novel. When asked why she never wrote another book, she replied, "When you have a hit like that, you can't go anywhere but down." Never granting interviews, Lee's main activities are said to be 19th century literature, 18th century music, cats, traveling - and protecting her privacy. On 14 July 2015 Harper Lee's second novel "Go Set a Watchman" was released. Initially promoted by its publisher as a sequel, it is now more widely accepted as a first draft of "To Kill a Mockingbird." Lee died in her sleep on the morning of 19 February 2016 in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, aged 89. Link to Wikipedia biography
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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1 |
Published/Released |
Jan. 1, 1957 |
Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1957 (First submission of manuscript) |
2 |
Published/Released |
July 11, 1960 |
Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 11 July 1960 ("To Kill A Mockingbird" released in print) . |
3 |
Prize |
May 1, 1961 |
Work : Prize May 1961 (Pulitzer Prize for Literature) . |
4 |
New Job |
Jan. 1, 1966 |
Work : New Job 1966 (Appointed to the Ntnl. Council to the Arts) |
5 |
Published/Released |
Jan. 1, 1974 |
Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1974 (74th reprint of book) |
6 |
Prize |
Nov. 1, 2007 |
Work : Prize 5 November 2007 (Presidential Medal of Freedom) . |
7 |
Prize |
Jan. 1, 2010 |
Work : Prize 2010 (National Medal of Arts) |
8 |
Published/Released |
July 14, 2015 |
Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 14 July 2015 ("Go Set a Watchman" published) . |
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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1 |
Unspecified |
Feb. 19, 2016 |
Death, Cause unspecified 19 February 2016 (Age 89) . |
Degree Enrollment
Jan. 1, 1944
Social : Begin a program of study 1944 (Attended Huntingdon College)
Degree Enrollment
Jan. 1, 1945
Social : Begin a program of study 1945 (Four years at Univ. of Alabama)