harper lee

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Definition of harper lee in English English dictionary

{i} Nelle Harper Lee (born 1926), United State writer who is famous for her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird

born April 28, 1926, Monroeville, Ala., U.S. U.S. novelist. The daughter of a lawyer, Lee attended the University of Alabama but left for New York City before obtaining a law degree. An editor helped her transform a series of short stories into the novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). Lee's only novel, it was nationally acclaimed, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1961, and was adapted into a memorable film in 1962. The novel's hero is the white lawyer Atticus Finch, whose just and compassionate acts include an unpopular defense of a black man falsely accused of raping a white girl. The book continued to resonate into the 21st century

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Nelle Harper Lee

{i} Harper Lee (born 1926), United State writer who is famous for her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird

Hyphenation

harp·er lee

Turkish pronunciation

härpır li

Pronunciation

/ˈhärpər ˈlē/ /ˈhɑːrpɜr ˈliː/