“To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee is among the inaugural inductees for the
“To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee is among the inaugural inductees for the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. The 89-year-old Lee and 11 other writers are being honored as the hall’s first class Monday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The honor comes weeks before the release of Lee’s second book, “Go Set a Watchman.” It was finished before the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Mockingbird” but takes place 20 years later. “Watchman” again features Atticus Finch, Scout, and others from her first beloved novel about racial injustice in the Deep South. Other living inductees are:
v Rick Bragg: Author who writes nonfiction books, especially about his family in Alabama. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 recognizing his work at The New York Times.
v Sonia Sanchez: The African-American poet is associated with the Black Arts Movement who received the 1993 Pew Fellowships in the Arts.
v Andrew Glaze: Poet was named in 2012 as the 11th Poet Laureate of Alabama.
v Sena Jeter Naslund: The novelist’s 1999 book, “Ahab’s Wife,” and her 2003 novel, “Four Spirits,” were each named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
v Posthumous inductees: Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind, wrote “The Story of My Life,” which was used as the basis for 1957 television drama “The Miracle Worker” and William March, American writer of psychological fiction including “The Bad Seed” and a highly decorated U.S. Marine in World War I.
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