This Goodly Land

On This Day in Alabama Literary History

In 1915, Alabama author Robert Gibbons is born in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

In 1961, Alabama author Harper Lee is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her book To Kill a Mockingbird.

In 1998, the Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished Writer is given to Alabama author Albert Murray at the Alabama Writers Symposium in Monroeville, Ala.

In 2009, the Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished Writer is given to Alabama author Rick Bragg at the Alabama Writers Symposium in Monroeville, Ala.

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