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Harper Lee dies at 89 years old

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 1:23 pm
by WildBill
Harper Lee, author of the novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," a classic of American literature, has died. She was 89.
Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist widely known for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960.
It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature.
RIP Miss Lee.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/19/entertain ... obit-feat/

Re: Harper Lee dies at 89 years old

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 2:40 pm
by txglock21
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is still one of my all time favorite movies (and books). RIP Miss Lee

Re: Harper Lee dies at 89 years old

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 4:28 pm
by WildBill
txglock21 wrote:"To Kill a Mockingbird" is still one of my all time favorite movies (and books). RIP Miss Lee
They are mine as well. Since being published in 1960, the novel has sold 40 million copies.
I have read the novel at least five times and watched the film at least that many times.

In 1962 the film was nominated for eight Academy Awards. It won three academy awards - Best Actor - Gregory Peck, Best Adapted Screenplay - Horton Foote
and Best Art Direction - Set Decoration Black and White - Henry Bumstead, Alexander Golitzen, and Oliver Emer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaVuVu5KXuE

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-cult ... 52/?no-ist