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Audre Geraldine Lorde was born on February 18, 1934, in New York City, and went on to become a lea din A !rican"American # oet w$o a% e %oice to issue s o! race, ender and se &uality ' Lorde(s lo%e o! #oetry started at a youn ae, and s$e bean writin as a teenaer' )$e attended *unter Collee, workin to su##ort $ersel! t$rou$ sc$ool' A!ter raduatin in 19+9, s$e went on to et a masters deree in library science !rom Columbia -ni%ersity in 19.1' For most o! t$e 19./s, Audre Lorde worked as a librarian in 0ount ernon, New York, and in New York City' )$e married attorney 2dwin ollins in 19.' 5$e cou#le $ad two c$ildren, 2li6abet$ and 7onat$an, and later di%orced' Lorde(s li!e c$aned dramatically in 19.8' *er !irst %olume o! #oetry, First Cities , was #ublis$ed, an d, t$at same ye ar, s$e le!t $ er ob as a $ead li brarian at 5 own ) c$ool Library i n New York City' Also in 19.8, Lorde tau$t a #oetry works$o# at 5oualoo Collee in 0ississi##i, witnessin !irst"$and t$e dee# racial tensions in t$e )out$' )$e would later teac$ at 7o$n 7ay Collee and *unter Collee in New York' Lorde(s t$ird %olume o! #oetry, From a Land $ere :t$er ;eo#le Li%e <19=3>, earned a lot o! #raise and was nominated !or a National ?ook Award' @n t$is %olume s$e e&#lored issues o! identity as well as concerns about lobal issues' *er ne&t work, New York *ead )$o# and 0useum <19=+>, was more o%ertly #olitical t$an $er earlier #oem collections' Audre Lorde battled cancer !or more t$an a decade and s#ent $er last !ew years li%in in t$e -')' irin @slands' Around t$is time, s$e took an A!rican name, Gamba Adisa, meanin s$e w$o makes $er meanin clear' Audre Lorde died on No%ember 1=, 199, on t$e island o! )t' Croi&, t$e larest o! t$e -')' irin @slands' :%er $er lon career, Lorde recei%ed numerous accolades, includin an American ?ook Award !or A ?urst o! Li!e in 1989' )$e is remembered today !or bein a reat warrior #oet w$o %aliantly !ou$t many #ersonal and #olitical battles wit$ $er words'
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Audre Geraldine Lorde was born on February 18, 1934, in New York City, and went on to
become a leadin A!rican"American #oet w$o a%e %oice to issues o! race, ender and se&uality'
Lorde(s lo%e o! #oetry started at a youn ae, and s$e bean writin as a teenaer' )$e attended
*unter Collee, workin to su##ort $ersel! t$rou$ sc$ool' A!ter raduatin in 19+9, s$e went on to
et a masters deree in library science !rom Columbia -ni%ersity in 19.1' For most o! t$e 19./s,
Audre Lorde worked as a librarian in 0ount ernon, New York, and in New York City' )$e married
attorney 2dwin ollins in 19.' 5$e cou#le $ad two c$ildren, 2li6abet$ and 7onat$an, and later
di%orced'
Lorde(s li!e c$aned dramatically in 19.8' *er !irst %olume o! #oetry, First Cities, was
#ublis$ed, and, t$at same year, s$e le!t $er ob as a $ead librarian at 5own )c$ool Library in New
York City' Also in 19.8, Lorde tau$t a #oetry works$o# at 5oualoo Collee in 0ississi##i,
witnessin !irst"$and t$e dee# racial tensions in t$e )out$' )$e would later teac$ at 7o$n 7ay Collee
and *unter Collee in New York' Lorde(s t$ird %olume o! #oetry, From a Land $ere :t$er ;eo#le
Li%e <19=3>, earned a lot o! #raise and was nominated !or a National ?ook Award' @n t$is %olume s$e
e&#lored issues o! identity as well as concerns about lobal issues' *er ne&t work, New York *ead
)$o# and 0useum <19=+>, was more o%ertly #olitical t$an $er earlier #oem collections'
Audre Lorde battled cancer !or more t$an a decade and s#ent $er last !ew years li%in in t$e
-')' irin @slands' Around t$is time, s$e took an A!rican name, Gamba Adisa, meanin s$e w$o
makes $er meanin clear' Audre Lorde died on No%ember 1=, 199, on t$e island o! )t' Croi&, t$e
larest o! t$e -')' irin @slands' :%er $er lon career, Lorde recei%ed numerous accolades,
includin an American ?ook Award !or A ?urst o! Li!e in 1989' )$e is remembered today !or bein a
reat warrior #oet w$o %aliantly !ou$t many #ersonal and #olitical battles wit$ $er words'
