Geburtsdatum | Mittwoch, 28. April 1926 |
Geburtsort | Monroeville, Alabama, U.S. |
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Beschreibung | Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist best known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Lee has 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. |
Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
