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Kathryn Stockett ( Jackson, Misisipi, 1969) es una novelista estadounidense. Es conocida por su novela debut de 2009 The Help (titulada en castellano Criadas y señoras, en traducción de Álvaro Abella, editada por Maeva en 2016). Trata sobre las sirvientas afroamericanas que trabajaban en los hogares de blancos de Jackson, Misisipi, durante ...
Biografía de Kathryn Stockett. Autora americana, Kathryn Stockett estudió Inglés y Literatura Creativa en la Universidad de Alabama, tras lo que comenzó a trabajar como editora y experta en marketing para una revista de Nueva York durante varios años, tiempo en el que escribió su primer novela, Criadas y señoras.
Kathryn Stockett is an American novelist. She is known for her 2009 debut novel, The Help, which is about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the 1960s.
Kathryn Stockett is a writer and editor of American origin. Born in 1969 in Jackson, Mississippi, she is best known for her critically acclaimed novel The Help. Stockett studied creative writing and English for her undergraduate course from University of Alabama.
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The Help is set in the early 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, and told primarily from the first-person perspectives of three women: Aibileen Clark, Minny Jackson, and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan. Aibileen is a maid who takes care of children and cleans. Her own 24-year-old son, Treelore, died from an accident on his job. In the story, she is tending the...
A film adaptation of The Help was released on August 10, 2011. Stockett's childhood friend Tate Taylorwrote and directed the film. Parts of The Help were shot in Jackson, MS, but the film was primarily shot in and around Greenwood, MS, representing Jackson in 1963. At the 84th Academy Awards, Octavia Spencer won the Academy Award for Best Supportin...
Ablene Cooper, a housekeeper who once worked for Stockett's brother, criticized the author for stealing her life story without her knowledge and basing the character Aibileen on her likeness. Cooper sued Stockett for $75,000 in damages. Cooper also criticized her for making the racist comparison of her character's skin color to that of a cockroach....
Kathryn Stockett. Goodreads Author. Born. Jackson, Mississippi, The United States. Website. http://www.kathrynstockett.com. Genre. Historical Fiction. Member Since. September 2008. edit data. Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi.
Kathryn Stockett es una novelista estadounidense. Es conocida por su novela debut de 2009 The Help . Trata sobre las sirvientas afroamericanas que trabajaban en los hogares de blancos de Jackson, Misisipi, durante los años 60. Adquirió una gran resonancia la versión cinematográfica, estrenada en 2011.
