Harper Lee Award Explained

The Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished Writer of the Year is an annual award recognizing a writer who was born in Alabama or has spent their formative years there. It is named after Harper Lee, whose To Kill A Mockingbird has sold over 30 million copies.^{[1] [2]}

The Harper Lee Award was established in 1998 and was first awarded to Albert Murray.

Recipients

• 1998 — Albert Murray
• 1999 — Madison Jones
• 2000 — Helen Norris
  • 2001 — Sena Jeter Naslund 2002 — Mary Ward Brown
• 2003 — Rodney Jones
• 2004 — Sonia Sanchez
• 2005 — Andrew Highway
• 2006 — Wayne Greenhaw^[3]
• 2007 — William Cobb
• 2008 — Rebecca Gilman^[4]
• 2009 — Rick Bragg
• 2010 — Carolyn Haines
• 2011 — Winston Groom
• 2012 — Fannie Flagg
• 2013 — Gay Talese
• 2014 — Mark Childress
• 2015 — Hank Lazer
• 2016 — E. O. Wilson^[5]
• 2017 — Brad Watson
• 2018 — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
• 2019 — Daniel Wallace
• 2020 — Patti Callahan Henry^[6]
• 2021 — Angela Johnson
• 2022 — Cynthia Tucker
• 2023 — Joy Harjo

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Programs : Harper Lee Award. 2021-02-09. Alabama Writers' Forum .
2. Web site: Alabama Writers Awards . 2021-02-09. Monroeville Literary Festival.
3. Web site: Montgomery Author Wins Harper Lee Award . 2021-06-25 . Alabama Public Radio. 6 March 2006 .
4. Web site: Artist Bio : Rebecca Gilman . 2021-06-25 . Goodman Theatre.
5. Web site: Edward O. Wilson Chosen as 2016 Harper Lee Award Recipient . December 15, 2015 . 2021-06-25 . E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation . 2021-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210625085034/https://eowilsonfoundation.org/tag/harper-lee-award/ . dead .
6. Web site: 2020-01-19 . Mountain Brook author wins 2020 Harper Lee Award . Shelly Haskins . 2021-06-25 . AL.
7. https://www.monroevilleliteraryfestival.com/awards