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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.
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GenderFemale
Birthday1952-09-25
Deathday2021-12-15 (69 years old)
Birth NameGloria Jean Watkins
Birth PlaceHopkinsville, Kentucky, USA
ReligionBuddhism
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsGloria Watkins, Gloria Jean Watkins
AwardsAmerican Book Awards
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