Lee, Harper
From Astro-Databank
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| Birthname | Lee, Nelle Harper | ||
| born on | 28 April 1926 at 17:25 (= 5:25 PM ) | ||
| Place | Monroeville AL, USA, 31n31, 87w20 | ||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   07°54'   19°34 Asc. 25°47'
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Biography
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 remains 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.
Events
- Work : Prize 1961 (Pulitzer Prize for Literature)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1974 (74th reprint of book)
- Social : Begin a program of study 1944 (Attended Huntingdon College)
- Social : Begin a program of study 1945 (Four years at Univ. of Alabama)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1957 (First submission of manuscript)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1960 ("To Kill A Mockingbird" released in print)
- Work : New Job 1966 (Appointed to the Ntnl. Council to the Arts)
Source Notes
Contemporary American Horoscopes
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction (One noted novel, no others)
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
- Notable : Awards : Pulitzer prize (1961)
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Fourth of four)
- Vocation : Business : Clerical/ Secretarial (Reservation agent for airlines, initially)
- Traits : Personality : Private (Protects her privacy)
- Vocation : Politics : Government employee (Ntnl. Council to the Arts)
- Notable : Famous : Notable extremes (74 printings of her prize book)
