Audre is a variant of Audrey — Old English æðel (noble) + þryð (strength). **Audre Lorde (1934-1992)** was the **American Black lesbian feminist poet, essayist, and civil rights activist who described herself as "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet."** **Her essay *The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House* (1984) became foundational to intersectional feminism**. **State Poet of New York (1991-1992)**. Author of *Sister Outsider*, *The Cancer Journals*, and *Zami: A New Spelling of My Name*.
Subject of the 2012 documentary *Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years*.
Audre reduces to one — the number of Black lesbian feminist poet.