Helen Keller

Vereinigte Staaten · Schriftsteller · Lebte 1880 bis 1968 · im Alter von 87

Helen Keller wird in 114 Sprachen etwa 8.593 Mal am Tag gelesen.

Ein typischer Tag, 30 Tage bis 23. Oktober 2026

Der mittlere Tag der gezählten Tage, damit eine Nachrichtenwoche ihn nicht verschieben kann. Die Linie darunter zeigt die letzten 398 Tage, ein Punkt pro Tag.

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Helen Adams Keller (* 27. Juni 1880 in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama; † 1. Juni 1968 in Easton, Fairfield County, Connecticut) war eine taubblinde US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin.

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Aktivisten Schriftsteller / Autor Literature Stand Up Activism United States Amerika 20th Century

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2010Labor Hall of HonorAuszeichnung2006Connecticut Women's Hall of FameAuszeichnung1973National Women's Hall of FameAuszeichnung1971Alabama Women's Hall of FameAuszeichnung1968Gestorben1. Juni 19681965Golden Plate AwardAuszeichnung1964Presidential Medal of FreedomAuszeichnung1912“Some years ago I met a gentleman who was introduced to me as Mr. McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle ...”Eigene Worte3. November 1912New York Call, 3 November 1912Die ganze Aussage lesen

1910“We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond the senses.”Eigene WorteThe Five-sensed World (1910)Die ganze Aussage lesen

“The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important, than those of blindness. Deafness is a much worse misfortune.”Eigene WorteLetter to Dr. James Kerr Love (1910), published in Helen Keller in Scotland: a personal record written by herself (1933), edited by JamesDie ganze Aussage lesen

1906“The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. We sightless children had the best of eyes that day in our hearts and in our finger-tips.”Eigene WorteDezember 1906"Christmas in the Dark" in Ladies Home Journal (December 1906)Die ganze Aussage lesen

1896“I want to say to those who are trying to learn to speak and those who are teaching them: Be of good cheer.”Eigene Worte8. Juli 1896Address to the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf (8 July 1896)Die ganze Aussage lesen

1891“If the light were not in your eyes, dear Mr.”Eigene Worte8. Juni 1891Letter to Rev. Phillips Brooks (8 June 1891)Die ganze Aussage lesen

1880Geboren27. Juni 1880

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Keller's birthplace in Tuscumbia, Alabama

Keller (left) with Anne Sullivan vacationing on Cape Cod in July 1888

Helen Keller in 1899 with lifelong companion and teacher Anne Sullivan. Photo taken by Alexander Graham Bell at his School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech.

Helen Keller with her second Akita Kenzan-Go

Helen Keller, c. November 1912

Keller holding a magnolia, c. 1920

In ihren eigenen Worten 10

Helen Keller

10 Aussagen, neueste zuerst

Some years ago I met a gentleman who was introduced to me as Mr. McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle ...
3. Nov. 1912, New York Call, 3 November 1912, Eigene Worte
Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats.
3. März 1911, Letter published in the Manchester Advertiser (3 March 1911), quoted in A People's History of the United States (1980) page 345, Eigene Worte
The bulk of the world's knowledge is an imaginary construction.
1910, The World I live in (1910) chapter 8, The Five-sensed World Quoted in:, Eigene Worte