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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).
- Keith Rogers (?-2011)
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- Universidad de Alabama, Murrah High School, Jackson Preparatory School
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.
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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 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....
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Biografía del autor. Kathryn Stockett nació y se crió en el lugar donde transcurre su novela Criadas y señoras, la pequeña ciudad de Jackson en Misisipi. Estudió inglés y escritura creativa en la Universidad de Alabama antes de instalarse en Nueva York donde trabajó en el mundo de la edición durante nueve años.
Con Criadas y Señoras, publicada en una treintena de países en todo el mundo, Kathryn Stockett ha logrado situarse entre los autores norteamericanos más cotizados del momento, y los críticos no han dudado en considerarla como todo un clásico contemporáneo.www.criadasysenoras.es. + Ver más. Añadir información. Añadir una cita. Añadir un vídeo.
