Adrienne is the French feminine of Adrian — "of the city Hadria." **Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)** was the **American poet and essayist who became one of the foundational voices of second-wave feminism and lesbian literature**. **Her 1973 *Diving into the Wreck* won the National Book Award; she famously accepted it jointly with Audre Lorde and Alice Walker in solidarity**. **Her 1980 essay *"Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence"* became a foundational text of feminist theory.**
Won every major American poetry award.
Adrienne reduces to six — the number of foundational lesbian poet.