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Person Detail: Audre Geraldine Lorde
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| Full Name: Audre Geraldine Lorde | ||
| Biography: (1934-1992) Poet, writer, essayist, novelist, and teacher. Audre Lorde was born in New York City, and grew up in Manhattan, New York, where she attended Catholic school. She was a Hunter graduate in 1959 with a bachelor's degree. In 1961 she received a Masters in library science from Columbia University and worked as a librarian at Mount Vernon Public Library until 1963. From 1966 to 1968 she worked as head librarian at Town School Library in New York City. In 1968, she was a recipient of an NEA grant, and was a poet in residence at Tougaloo College in Mississippi. From 1991 until her death, she was the New York State Poet laureate. Her poetry books from this time include "The First Cities" (1968), and "Cables to Rage" (1970). In 1972, she received a Creative Artists Public Service grant. "From a Land where Other People Live" (1972) was nominated for a National Book Award. |
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| 1934 |
New York County Audre Geraldine Lorde was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1934. |
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| 1959 |
New York County Lorde was a Hunter College graduate in 1959 with a bachelor's degree. |
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| 1961 |
New York County In 1961, Lorde received a master's degree in library science from Columbia University, in Manhattan, New York. |
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| 1963 |
Westchester County Lorde worked as a librarian at Mount Vernon Public Library until 1963. |
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| 1966 |
New York County From 1966 to 1968 Lorde worked as head librarian at Town School Library in New York City. |
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| 1968 |
(Unknown) County The First Cities (Pub: Poets Press. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry. |
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| 1970 |
(Unknown) County Cables to Rage (Pub: Broadside Press. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry. |
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| 1972 |
(Unknown) County From a Land where Other People Live (Pub: Broadside Press. ISBN: ) "From a Land where Other People Live" was nominated for a National Book Award. |
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| 1974 |
(Unknown) County The New York Head Shop and Museum (Pub: Broadside Press ISBN: ) Poetry. |
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| 1974 |
(Unknown) County Coal (Pub: Norton ISBN: ) Poetry. |
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| 1978 |
(Unknown) County The Black Unicorn (Pub: Norton. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry. |
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| 1981 |
(Unknown) County The Cancer Journals (Pub: Spinsters Ink ISBN: ) Nonfiction. |
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| 1992 |
(Unknown) County Audre Lorde died in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands, in 1992. |
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| 1992 |
(Unknown) County Audre Lorde was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands. |
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| 1988 |
(Unknown) County A Burst Of Light (Pub: Firebrand Books. ISBN: ) Nonfiction. |
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| 1986 |
(Unknown) County Our Dead Behind Us (Pub: Norton. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry. |
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| 1984 |
(Unknown) County Sister Outsider (Pub: Crossing Press. ISBN: ) Nonfiction. |
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New York County Lorde grew up in Manhattan, New York, where she attended Catholic school. |
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