If I didn’t define myself for myself I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
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| Birth: | 18th February, 1934 |
| Death: | 17th November, 1992 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Activist, Essayist, Librarian, Novelist, Poet, Teacher |
About
Audre Lorde was born in New York City. She was a Caribbean-American writer, radical feminist, womanist, lesbian, and civil rights activist. She wrote her first poem when she was in eighth grade. On her return to New York, she attended college, worked as a librarian, continued writing and became an active participant in the gay culture of Greenwich Village. She furthered her education at Columbia University, earning a master's degree in library science in 1961.
