Facts about Impact of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

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   Atticus Finch's character became so culturally iconic that the American Film Institute ranked him the greatest hero in American cinema history in 2003.

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   Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch in the 1962 film adaptation earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor.

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   The novel inspired the American Bar Association to establish the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction in 2011, honoring books that best portray lawyers and the legal system.

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   Published in 1960, Harper Lee's novel is frequently taught in American middle and high schools, making it one of the most widely assigned works of fiction in U.S. education.

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   To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961, the year after its publication, and has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.

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