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'''Harper Lee''' (born April the 28th 1928) is a [[Pulitzer prize]] winning American [[novelist]], known for her major work [[To Kill a Mockingbird]], which was first published in [[1960]]. Lee is a native of Monroeville, [[Alabama]], and much of her fiction is considered autobiographical in nature. She was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 2007 by President [[George W. Bush]]<ref>[http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/11/20071105-1.html President Bush Honors Medal of Freedom Recipients] </ref>.
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'''Harper Lee''' (born April 28th, 1928) is a [[Pulitzer prize]] winning American [[novelist]], known for her major work ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', which was first published in [[1960]]. Lee is a native of Monroeville, [[Alabama]], and much of her fiction is considered autobiographical in nature. She was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 2007 by President [[George W. Bush]]<ref>[http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/11/20071105-1.html President Bush Honors Medal of Freedom Recipients] </ref>.
== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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== To Kill A Mockingbird ==
== To Kill A Mockingbird ==
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As already stated, the work is partly autobiographical. It deals with racial prejudice and class problems in the Southern states of America in the early 1930s when racial tension was particularly high. The work is set around a framework of historical events: there are references to [[Roosevelt]] and [[Hitler]].
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As already stated, the work is partly autobiographical. It deals with racial prejudice and class problems in southern states of the U.S. in the early 1930s when racial tension was particularly high. The work is set around a framework of historical events: there are references to [[Roosevelt]] and [[Hitler]].