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LIFE Lorde was born in , social worker, X-ray technician, medical clerk, and arts and crafts supervisor. In 1954, she spent a pivotal year as a student at the National University Of Mexico , a period described by Lorde as a time of affirmation and renewal because she confirmed her identity on personal and artistic levels as a lesbian and poet. On her return to New York, Lorde went to college, worked as a librarian, continued writing, and became an active participant in the gay culture of Greenwich Village . Lorde furthered her education at Columbia University , earning a master’s degree in library science in 1961. During this time she also worked as a librarian at Mount Vernon Public Library and married attorney Edward Ashley Rollins; they later divorced in 1975 after having two children, Elizabeth and Jonathan. In 1966, Lorde became head librarian at Town School Library in New York City where she remained until 1968. She died of Cancer on November 17, 1992 in St. Croix after a 14 year struggle. In her own words, she was a "''black lesbian, mother, warrior, Poet ''". Before she died, Lorde in an African naming ceremony took the name Gamba Adisa, meaning Warrior: She Who Makes Her Meaning Known. CAREER Lorde’s poetry was published regularly during the 1960s: in , and Feminism . BIBLIOGRAPHY
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