Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde Audre Lorde, Austin, Texas, 1980 Born February 18, 1934 New York City, New York Died November 17, 1992(1992-11-17) (aged 58) Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Occupation Poet, writer, activist, essayist Ethnicity African American Genre Poetry, non-fiction Audre Lorde (/ˈɔːdri lɔrd/; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde, February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a Caribbean-American writer, radical feminist, womanist, lesbian, and civil rights activist. Lorde served as an inspiration to women worldwide, one of her most notable efforts being her activist work with Afro-German women in the 1980s. Her identity as a black lesbian gave her work a novel perspective and put her in a unique position to speak on issues surrounding civil rights, feminism, and oppression. Her work gained both wide acclaim and wide criticism, due to the elements of social liberalism and sexuality presented in her work and her emphasis on revolution and change. She died of breast cancer in 1992, at the age of 58.