Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, feminist, womanist, and civil rights activist. She was born in New York City.

Lorde was born almost blind and was tongue tied. At the age of four, Lorde learned how to read and talk. Lorde went to Catholic grammar schools. She went to Hunter College and Columbia University. She would say that “lesbian” and “black” didn't really define her. She didn't like being put in those categories. She was a lesbian. She was famous for her strong poems about racism and love.

Lorde died on November 17, 1992 in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands from liver cancer, aged 58.

 Related pages 
List of poets from North America

References

Other websites

Profile and poems at the Poetry Foundation
Profile and poems written and audio at Academy of American Poets
"Voices From the Gaps: Audre Lorde". Profile. University of Minnesota
Profile at Modern American Poetry 

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