Acclaimed author and activist bell hooks dies at 69. Born Gloria Jean Watkins, hooks was best known for her writing on Black identity, feminism and intersectionality.
Author bell hooks has died at the age of 69, her family and publisher said in a statement Wednesday. Born Gloria Jean Watkins, hooks was best known for her writing on Black identity, feminism and intersectionality.
Born and raised in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, hooks dedicated much of her work and scholarship to her experience as a Black woman in America. Her pen name, purposefully left lowercase, was a tribute to her maternal great-grandmother Bell Blair Hooks, according to her family. Throughout her career, hooks published over 40 books about feminism and cultural criticism that have been translated into over 15 languages, her family said. She hosted classes and seminars at schools like Stanford and Yale, all while continuing to publish articles and essays on culture and the patriarchy.
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