biography
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Lorde, Audre (Geraldin(e))
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1934–92)
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| biography:
| Poet and writer, born in New York City, New York, USA. She studied at the University of Mexico (1945), Hunter College (1959 BA), and Columbia University (1961 MLS). Based in the Virgin Is, she taught at many institutions, including Hunter (NYC) (1980). She was an African-American activist and lesbian feminist who explored the dimensions of modern life in poetry, a novel, and non-fiction, as in The Cancer Journals (1980). |
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