Facts about Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird

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   A film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird was released in 1962, with Gregory Peck winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Atticus Finch.

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   To Kill a Mockingbird has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and remains a staple of American school curricula.

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   Childhood friend Truman Capote served as partial inspiration for the character Dill Harris in To Kill a Mockingbird.

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   The character of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird is widely believed to be based on Harper Lee's own father, Amasa Coleman Lee, a lawyer in Alabama.

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   Published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961, Harper Lee's first and only novel for over five decades.

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