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Audre Lorde

1934 - 1992

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Audre Lorde ( 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, as she believed there could be "no hierarchy of oppressions". 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Audre Lorde has received more than 2,635,493 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Audre Lorde is the 2,269th most popular writer (up from 2,786th in 2019), the 2,924th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,562nd in 2019) and the 258th most popular American Writer.

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  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Audre Lorde ranks 2,269 out of 5,755. Before her are Jean Raspail, Elisabeth of Schönau, Paschasius Radbertus, Rebecca West, William Beckford, and Johann Karl August Musäus. After her are Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Terence McKenna, Wieland Wagner, Richard Wurmbrand, Jean-Baptiste Dubos, and Theodore Prodromos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Audre Lorde ranks 148. Before her are Yoshio Furukawa, Marc Rich, Alisa Freindlich, Kira Muratova, George Segal, and Viktor Gorbatko. After her are Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, Nadine Trintignant, Dionigi Tettamanzi, Waldo Machado, Alexandra Ripley, and Dashrath Manjhi. Among people deceased in 1992, Audre Lorde ranks 92. Before her are Allen Newell, Isidro Lángara, Fritz Leiber, Jean Dieudonné, Marsha P. Johnson, and Jeff Porcaro. After her are Anthony Dawson, Petra Kelly, Tevfik Esenç, Jim Garrison, Joe Shuster, and John G. Kemeny.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Audre Lorde ranks 2,924 out of 18,182. Before her are Nichelle Nichols (1932), Frank Stallone (1950), George Huntington (1850), Clarence Brown (1890), Judith Resnik (1949), and Carol W. Greider (1961). After her are Stephen Smale (1930), Terence McKenna (1946), J. P. Guilford (1897), Don Norman (1935), Kurtwood Smith (1943), and Jonathan Franzen (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Audre Lorde ranks 258. Before her are John Edward Williams (1922), Morgan Robertson (1861), Ben Hecht (1893), Margaret Fuller (1810), Richard Ford (1944), and John Kennedy Toole (1937). After her are Terence McKenna (1946), Jonathan Franzen (1959), S. S. Van Dine (1888), Terry Goodkind (1948), Neil Postman (1931), and Alexandra Ripley (1934).

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