Helen Adams Keller is a writer, political activist and lecturer in the United States. He
is a writer and one of his famous books is The World I Live In and The
Story of My Life which became classical literature in America and
translated into 50 languages.
Helen Keller's Biodata
Full Name: Helen Adams Keller
Place of Birth: Tuscumbia, Alabama
Birthday: June 27, 1880
Job: Writing, Activist and Lecturer
Parents: Arthur H. Keller (father) and Kate Adams Keller (mother)
Helen Keller's Biography
Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, June 27, 1880. Daughter of the couple was Captain Arthur Henley Keller and Kate Adam Keller. When Helen was born she had normal vision and hearing.
In February 1882 when he turned 19 months, he was attacked by a disease which caused him to become blind and deaf. He becomes frustrated because of difficulties communicating, often angry, and difficult to teach. He kept trying to speak, but no one could understand it including his own parents. This makes it often run amok by throwing away all the objects around it.
On March 3, 19887 when he was 7 years old his parents believed Anne Sullivan to be a private teacher and counselor of Hellen to be better. Anne Sullivan (her mentor) also experienced something similar to Helen Keller when she was 14 years old. Then Anne attended a special school for disabled people. Anne, who was initially blind, got her vision back after undergoing surgery. That experience triggered him to study hard and become a very good teacher. He could understand the suffering experienced by Helen.
Anne began correcting the bad habits committed by Helen. Every time Helen went berserk, Anne just stopped until Helen was calm. Early in the learning process Helen when Anne gave a doll to Helen and spelled the word "DOLL" in her hand. Helen was fascinated and changed her spell in Anne's palm. Helen Keller was very happy. He quickly caught what Anne taught her. He cannot fully understand what it means. And when Anne struggled to try to help her understand, she also tried to struggle to control Helen's continued misbehavior. From that moment Anne always spelled the names of objects in Helen's hand.
Until then Helen had not yet fully understood the meaning of the words taught by Anne. At one point Anne led her to the water pump on April 5, 1887, everything changed. Annie held Helen's hand under water and in sign language, she said "WATER" to the other hand. When Helen held the ground, Annie said "LAND". Something about this explained the meaning of those words to Helen's mind, and Anne immediately looked at her face that Helen finally understood.
Helen's progress since then was astounding. His ability to learn to grow rapidly surpasses what was previously
thought by others before in someone who is without vision or hearing.
Helen was taught to read through Braille (books for blind people) until she understood what she meant. Helen wrote, "I remember the most important day in my whole life was when my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me." Diligently, Annie taught Helen to speak through mouth movements, so Helen said, "The best and most beautiful thing that the world does not see or touch is what is felt in the heart."
Helen also told me:
"We walked down the street to the house, pulled by the scent of a closed honeycomb. Someone drew water and my teacher put it under my hand something that glowed. When a cold current radiates, my other hand over my teacher spells the word water, initially slow, then repeated again. I was still standing, all my attention was focused on the movements of his hands. Suddenly I felt my misty consciousness of something that had been forgotten, a memory that was thrilling again, and how the mystery of language was revealed to me. "
Through Braille, he learned French, German, Greek and Latin, which added to his insight not only that, with Helen Braille starting reading books like Snow White and the seven Dwarf and Little Ugly Duckling. Hellen gradually began to recognize the outside world.
Michael Anagnos promoted Helen, one of the many articles he wrote stating that "it was a phenomenon." On November 4, 1891, Helen sent Michael Anagnos a birthday present in the form of a short story he wrote entitled "The Frost King" (Frozen Dew King ) Anagnos was very pleased with his story until he immediately published it in a magazine which was welcomed as a significant work in the history of literature.
Helen Keller then attended an extraordinary school. There he learned to use sign language to communicate with his friends. Helen has a wish that hasn't materialized yet, she wants to be able to talk. Helen was not dumb just because she had not been able to hear and see since she was a child, nor could she imitate people's voices. Helen then expressed her wish to Anne.
Annie then took Helen to meet Mary Swift Lamson she was a woman who was an expert at training deaf mute students to talk. The woman then grabbed Helen's hand and placed it on her jaw and throat and began to sound. The learning process is very slow and difficult. He wanted Helen to imitate him by using his hands to properly adjust his teeth and tongue to produce the right sound. At home, Helen asked Anne to teach her to speak. His efforts to be able to speak were proven at this stage to be unsuccessful. This was then related to the fact that Helen's vocal cords had not been properly trained to be taught to speak.
Helen was taught to read through Braille (books for blind people) until she understood what she meant. Helen wrote, "I remember the most important day in my whole life was when my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me." Diligently, Annie taught Helen to speak through mouth movements, so Helen said, "The best and most beautiful thing that the world does not see or touch is what is felt in the heart."
Helen also told me:
"We walked down the street to the house, pulled by the scent of a closed honeycomb. Someone drew water and my teacher put it under my hand something that glowed. When a cold current radiates, my other hand over my teacher spells the word water, initially slow, then repeated again. I was still standing, all my attention was focused on the movements of his hands. Suddenly I felt my misty consciousness of something that had been forgotten, a memory that was thrilling again, and how the mystery of language was revealed to me. "
Through Braille, he learned French, German, Greek and Latin, which added to his insight not only that, with Helen Braille starting reading books like Snow White and the seven Dwarf and Little Ugly Duckling. Hellen gradually began to recognize the outside world.
Michael Anagnos promoted Helen, one of the many articles he wrote stating that "it was a phenomenon." On November 4, 1891, Helen sent Michael Anagnos a birthday present in the form of a short story he wrote entitled "The Frost King" (Frozen Dew King ) Anagnos was very pleased with his story until he immediately published it in a magazine which was welcomed as a significant work in the history of literature.
Helen Keller then attended an extraordinary school. There he learned to use sign language to communicate with his friends. Helen has a wish that hasn't materialized yet, she wants to be able to talk. Helen was not dumb just because she had not been able to hear and see since she was a child, nor could she imitate people's voices. Helen then expressed her wish to Anne.
Annie then took Helen to meet Mary Swift Lamson she was a woman who was an expert at training deaf mute students to talk. The woman then grabbed Helen's hand and placed it on her jaw and throat and began to sound. The learning process is very slow and difficult. He wanted Helen to imitate him by using his hands to properly adjust his teeth and tongue to produce the right sound. At home, Helen asked Anne to teach her to speak. His efforts to be able to speak were proven at this stage to be unsuccessful. This was then related to the fact that Helen's vocal cords had not been properly trained to be taught to speak.
In 1894 Helen and Anne met John D. Wright and Dr. Thomas Humason, who plans to set up a school to teach speaking deaf people in New York. Helen
and Anne were very excited about this plan and the certainty of the two
men that Helen's ability to speak could be improved so as to make them
more excited. That way Helen agreed to attend the Wright Humason school for the deaf.
Unfortunately Helen's speaking ability was never really improved, only in the form of voices that only Anne and others who were very close to him could understand.
Unfortunately Helen's speaking ability was never really improved, only in the form of voices that only Anne and others who were very close to him could understand.
Enter the College
At the age of 20, he attended Radcliffe College, a Harvard University branch for women. Annie accompanied Helen to read the textbook, letter by letter through Helen's hand in Braille.
During their time in college, Helen wrote about her life. He wrote stories with ordinary Braille typewriters and typewriters at once. Helen and Anne met John Albert Macy who helped edit Helen's first book "The Story of My Life" - "My Life Story", which was published in 1903 and although it was not good at first, it has since become a classic.
Only 4 years on June 28, 1904 Helen graduated from Radcliffe College, Helen graduated magna cum laude. He was the first deaf and blind person who graduated from university.
John Macy became a good friend of Helen and Anne. In May 1905 John and Anne married. After menikan the name Anne was changed to Anne Sullivan Macy. The three of them lived together at Wrentham, Massachusetts, and during this time Helen wrote the book "The World I Live In" - "The World I Live in." It revealed the first time her thoughts about her world. Also during this time John Macy introduced him to a new world and a revolutionary way to see the world. And in 1909 Anne became a member of the Socialist party in Massachusetts. In 1913 "Out of the Dark - Out of the Dark" was published. This is an essay art of socialism and has an impact on Helen's sinking on the public.
In 1914, Helen Keller traveled around America to become activists, counselors, and lecturers, especially for children who had limitations like herself. Accompanied by Anne Sullivan, she also visited soldiers around Europe who were involved in World War II.
Helen's mother, Kate died in 1921 because of an unknown disease and this made Anne the only person who was continuously in Helen's life.
During their time in college, Helen wrote about her life. He wrote stories with ordinary Braille typewriters and typewriters at once. Helen and Anne met John Albert Macy who helped edit Helen's first book "The Story of My Life" - "My Life Story", which was published in 1903 and although it was not good at first, it has since become a classic.
Only 4 years on June 28, 1904 Helen graduated from Radcliffe College, Helen graduated magna cum laude. He was the first deaf and blind person who graduated from university.
John Macy became a good friend of Helen and Anne. In May 1905 John and Anne married. After menikan the name Anne was changed to Anne Sullivan Macy. The three of them lived together at Wrentham, Massachusetts, and during this time Helen wrote the book "The World I Live In" - "The World I Live in." It revealed the first time her thoughts about her world. Also during this time John Macy introduced him to a new world and a revolutionary way to see the world. And in 1909 Anne became a member of the Socialist party in Massachusetts. In 1913 "Out of the Dark - Out of the Dark" was published. This is an essay art of socialism and has an impact on Helen's sinking on the public.
In 1914, Helen Keller traveled around America to become activists, counselors, and lecturers, especially for children who had limitations like herself. Accompanied by Anne Sullivan, she also visited soldiers around Europe who were involved in World War II.
Helen's mother, Kate died in 1921 because of an unknown disease and this made Anne the only person who was continuously in Helen's life.
But
in the same year Anne fell ill again and this was followed in 1922 by
acute bronchitis which made Anne unable to speak more than whispering
and thus made her unable to work with Helen on stage. At this time, Polly Thomson, who began working for Helen and Anne in
1914 as secretary, assumed the role of explaining what Helen meant to
the theater public.
In 1923, Helen was the spokesperson for the American Foundation for the Blind and managed fundraising, as well as developing a better education system for people with physical disabilities.
With the news of the death of John Macy in 1932, even though their marriage did not last several years. Anne Sullivan died in 1936, Helen continued her work accompanied by Polly Thomson, Helen's secretary and friend.
After Anne died, Helen and Polly moved to Arcan Ridge, in Westport, Connecticut, which was Helen's home until the end of her life. After World War II, Helen and Polly spent years traveling around the world raising funds for foundations in America for blind people abroad. They visited Japan, Australia, North America, Europe and Africa.
Polly Thomson's health began to deteriorate, while in Japan he suffered a mild stroke. The doctor declared Polly to stop following the continuous tour he had taken with Helen, and even though this initially slowed them down a bit, the tour continued once more after Polly recovered.
In 1953 a documentary film "Unbeatable" was made which tells the life of Helen, the film won the Academy Award as the best documentary. This was at the same time as Helen began working on her book "Teacher" 7 years after the original book was destroyed because Helen's house in Arcan Ridge burned, this book was finally published in 1955.
Polly Thomson suffered another stroke in 1957, he really did not recover and finally died on March 21, 1960. His ashes were kept at the National Cathedral in Washington DC next to the ashes of Anne Sullivan. The nurse was brought to care for Polly in the last years of her life, Winnie Corbally, who then took care of Helen until the last years of her life.
In 1957 "Magic Worker" was first shown. A drama that portrays Anne Sullivan's first success in communicating with little Helen, was first shown as a television show in the United States.
Rewritten in 1959 to be staged on Broadway and warmly received. His success lasted almost 2 years. In 1962 the drama was made into a film and the actresses who played Anne and Helen both received Oscar awards for their roles.
In 1923, Helen was the spokesperson for the American Foundation for the Blind and managed fundraising, as well as developing a better education system for people with physical disabilities.
With the news of the death of John Macy in 1932, even though their marriage did not last several years. Anne Sullivan died in 1936, Helen continued her work accompanied by Polly Thomson, Helen's secretary and friend.
After Anne died, Helen and Polly moved to Arcan Ridge, in Westport, Connecticut, which was Helen's home until the end of her life. After World War II, Helen and Polly spent years traveling around the world raising funds for foundations in America for blind people abroad. They visited Japan, Australia, North America, Europe and Africa.
Polly Thomson's health began to deteriorate, while in Japan he suffered a mild stroke. The doctor declared Polly to stop following the continuous tour he had taken with Helen, and even though this initially slowed them down a bit, the tour continued once more after Polly recovered.
In 1953 a documentary film "Unbeatable" was made which tells the life of Helen, the film won the Academy Award as the best documentary. This was at the same time as Helen began working on her book "Teacher" 7 years after the original book was destroyed because Helen's house in Arcan Ridge burned, this book was finally published in 1955.
Polly Thomson suffered another stroke in 1957, he really did not recover and finally died on March 21, 1960. His ashes were kept at the National Cathedral in Washington DC next to the ashes of Anne Sullivan. The nurse was brought to care for Polly in the last years of her life, Winnie Corbally, who then took care of Helen until the last years of her life.
In 1957 "Magic Worker" was first shown. A drama that portrays Anne Sullivan's first success in communicating with little Helen, was first shown as a television show in the United States.
Rewritten in 1959 to be staged on Broadway and warmly received. His success lasted almost 2 years. In 1962 the drama was made into a film and the actresses who played Anne and Helen both received Oscar awards for their roles.
Old and Late Life
In October 1961 Helen suffered the first stroke from a series of strokes she experienced and made her withdraw from the public. He spent the remaining years being treated at his home in Arcan Ridge.
In 1964 Helen was awarded the independence medal, the highest award given by the state to the civilian population, submitted by President Lyndon Johnson. A year later he was chosen to be one of the women enshrined in the Hall of Fame at a world exhibition in New York.
Helen Keller died at the age of 87 while sleeping in her house. Helen Keller died on June 1, 1968 at the age of 87 while sleeping inside her house in Arcan Ridge. His body was cremated in Bridgeport, Connecticut and a funeral service arranged for his ashes to be placed at the National Cathedral in Washington which was then placed next to the ashes of Anne Sullivan and Polly Thomson.
Book Work
Although Helen Keller had physical limitations, she managed to become a great writer. Helen wrote a total of 12 published books and several articles. At the age of 11, Helen wrote her first book under the title The King Frost (1891). There are allegations that this story was traced from "The Frost Fairies by Margaret Canby". An investigation into the matter revealed that Keller might have had a
cryptomnesia case, where he had a Canby story that was read to him but
forgot about it, while the memory remained unconscious.
At the age of 22, Keller published his autobiography, The Story of My Life (1903), with help from John Macy and his wife, Anne Sullivan. This includes the words Helen wrote and her life story up to the age of 21, written during her college time.
In 1908, Keller wrote The World I Live In (1908) which gave readers insight into how he felt about the world. Out of the Dark, a series of essays on socialism, published in 1913.
His spiritual autobiography, My Religion, was published in 1927 and reissued as Light in my Darkness.
At the age of 22, Keller published his autobiography, The Story of My Life (1903), with help from John Macy and his wife, Anne Sullivan. This includes the words Helen wrote and her life story up to the age of 21, written during her college time.
In 1908, Keller wrote The World I Live In (1908) which gave readers insight into how he felt about the world. Out of the Dark, a series of essays on socialism, published in 1913.
His spiritual autobiography, My Religion, was published in 1927 and reissued as Light in my Darkness.
Words of wisdom
Face the problem of your life and acknowledge its existence, but don't let yourself be in control. Let yourself realize the existence of education in the form of patience, happiness, and understanding of meaning.
Helen Keller never gave up on the situation even though she had physical limitations, but she proved that she had to fight not just take it for granted. He was one of the greatest humanitarian figures in the 20th century.
