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Kathryn Stockett ist eine US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin.
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 wurde in Jackson, Mississippi geboren und aufgewachsen. Sie studierte Englische Literatur und Kreatives Schreiben. Nach ihrem Abschluss zog sie nach New York. Hier arbeitete sie für mehrere Jahre bei diversen Zeitungsverlagen.
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- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Film Adaptation
- Lawsuit
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....
The Help | Stockett, Kathryn | ISBN: 9780399155345 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon.
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8. Okt. 2011 · Yes and I still have never been in that room. I didn't even know it was there until after she died [when Stockett was 16]. It was out of the back door and you turned right and there was another...
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