Feminist author Bell Hooks has died aged 69

African-American feminist author Bell Hooks died at age 69 on Wednesday, her family announced. Berea College in Kentucky, where she had been teaching since 2004, said she had suffered "from a long illness." Born Gloria Jean Watkins in 1952, bell hooks - her pen name (in lower case) in tribute to her great-grandmother Bell Blair Hooks -, published her first collection of poems

 in 1978 and was notably hailed in 1981 for

. There she examined the impact of sexism and racism on black women, as well as racism within feminism, advocating for a more inclusive movement.

Since then she has published some forty books, from poetry to children's literature, exploring not only feminism, racism but also love.

“We can love in a profound way that transforms the political world in which we live,” she declared in 2000.

"She fought for a new form of feminism"

“His writings - literary reviews, poetry, memoirs - are difficult to put in one box.

They deal with capitalism, American history, but also love and friendship.

She fought for a new form of feminism, which takes into account the differences and inequalities among women, to create a new, more inclusive movement, ”explained

Wednesday

, relayed by France Inter.

Honored with many accolades throughout her career, hooks received a doctorate from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1983, after graduating from Stanford, and entered the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame in 2018. Her work is studied in many American universities.

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