bell hooks
Birthday: 1952-09-25
Deathday: 2021-12-15
Place of birth: Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA
Also known as: Gloria Watkins, Gloria Jean Watkins
imdb_id: nm0393654
Biography:
Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 - December 15, 2021) better known by her pen name as bell hooks, was a professor, social activist, public intellectual, cultural critic, feminist and author of 40 books, including Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism, Black Looks: Race and Representation, Reel to Real, and All About Love: New Visions. In 2014, the bell hooks Center was founded at Berea College in Kentucky. In 2021, hooks died of kidney failure at her home, following a brief period of illness.
