Six Interesting Facts Regarding Harper Lee

MASSAPEDIA NEWS - Today (20/2), the world has lost one of the best novelists: Nelle Harper Lee. The author of To Kill A Mockingbird breathed his last on Thursday (18/2) while asleep.

The author, who was born in Monroeville, Alabama, United States, April 28, 1926, is regarded as one of the best novelists United States.

During his life, Lee only wrote two novels. Newest works titled Go Set a Watchman was released in 2015 ago.

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His first novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, was named the best novel in the 20th century by readers of Library Journal.

Here is an interesting fact of the author's favorite Uncle Sam's country:

1. Lee is a novelist who is very quiet and maintain privacy. In 2015, the novelist's publicist and agent said that Lee would not speak to reporters since 1964 ago.

2. To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel that catapulted the name Lee. Since its release in 1960 and then, the novel has been translated into 40 languages ​​and sold 40 million copies.

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Because the royalties he had on the novel, Lee received cash of approximately US $ 3 million or the equivalent of 40 billion each year.

3. Despite having abundant money, Lee does not like a life of luxury. While living in New York, USA, he always travels by bus.

Not only that, the money he received annually from royalties To Kill A Mockingbird else he donated to fund education disadvantaged communities.

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4. A character in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird named Atticus Finch, inspired by Lee's father: A.C. Lee. Finch is a lawyer and a father figure in Lee's first novel.

5. Lee's hometown, Monroeville, Alabama, a great inspiration from the fictional town of Maycomb in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird.

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6. Lee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from former US president George W. Bush in 2007. The award was only accepted by civil society which has a major contribution as world peace, culture, national interest and security.