Audre Lorde

Also known as Audrey Geraldine Lorde, Gamba Adisa, Rey Domini

American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)

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Audre Lorde was an American writer and feminist activist who lived from 1934 to 1992 and made significant contributions to discussions about identity, social justice, and literature during the civil rights and feminist movements of her era. Her work and activism continue to influence contemporary conversations about intersectionality, activism, and the importance of centering marginalized voices in political and cultural discourse.

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Born: 18 February 1934
Died: 17 November 1992
Works: 44

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Audre Lorde was an American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," who dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, capitalism, heterosexism, and homophobia.

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Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992 — Self2012
The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde — Self (archive footage)2003
A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde — Self1995
The Tip of the Iceberg1989
Emergence — Self1986
Greetings from Washington, D.C. — Self1981

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Country: United States
Active from: 1934
Active to: 1992

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Audre Lorde (born Audrey Geraldine Lorde, February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a Caribbean-American writer and civil rights activist. Lorde was born in New York City to Caribbean immigrants from Barbados and Carriacou, Frederick Byron Lorde (called Byron) and Linda Gertrude Belmar Lorde, who settled in Harlem. Lorde's mother was of mixed ancestry but could pass for white, a source of pride for her family. Lorde's father was darker than the Belmar family liked and only allowed the couple t

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Quotes

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”
“When I speak of the erotic, then I speak of it as an assertion of the life force of women; of that creative energy empowered, the knowledge and use of which we are now reclaiming in our language, our history, our dancing, our loving, our work, our lives.”
“Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever / Only, nothing is eternal.”
“Overextending myself is not stretching myself. I had to accept how difficult it is to monitor the difference. Necessary for me as cutting down on sugar. Crucial. Physically. Psychically. Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
“I stared at this earnest young black man for a moment. Suddenly my hair became very political. Waves of horror washed over me. How many forms of religious persecution are we now going to visit upon one another as black people in the name of our public safety? And suppose I was a Rastafarian? What then? Why did that automatically mean I could not vacation in Virgin Gorda? Did it make my tourist dollars unusable?”

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Number of children: 2

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date of death: 1992-11-17
date of birth: 1934-02-18
Commons category: Audre Lorde
birth name: Audrey Geraldine Lorde
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pseudonym: Gamba Adisa

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Audre Lorde (/ˈɔːdri ˈlɔːrd/ AW-dree LORD; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet" who dedicated her life and talents to confronting all forms of injustice and oppression. She believed that there could be "no hierarchy of oppressions" among "those who share the goals of liberation and a workable future for our children".

As a poet, she is well known for technical mastery and emotional expression, as well as her poems that express anger and outrage at civil and social injustices she observed throughout her life. She was the recipient of national and international awards and the founding member of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press. As a spoken word artist, her delivery has been called powerful, melodic, and intense by the Poetry Foundation. Her poems and prose largely deal with issues related to civil rights, feminism, lesbianism, illness, disability, and the exploration of Black female identity.