By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
April 28, 1926
Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville on April 28, 1926; and though she traveled the world, her roots remained strong.
After graduating from Monroeville High School, she continued her studies at the University of Alabama and later Oxford University in England. She returned to the United States in 1949, moving to New York City for odd jobs while writing fiction on the side. In 1960, her “To Kill a Mockingbird” went to press, and landed her the Pulitzer Prize for fiction that next year. Many consider it to be the best novel of the 20th century.She worked on a follow-up novel, but was unsatisfied with it and shelved the project. In 2015, her original manuscript for “Go Set a Watchman” was published, with some considering it a prequel to “Mockingbird,” and others seeing it as a first draft of the more famous book. Lee spent her latter years in Monroeville, where she died in 2016.
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