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ABOUT THE POET

























                    Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She was a
                    famous  poet,  essayist  and  feminist.  She  has  published  nineteen  volumes  of
                    poetry, three collections of essays and other writings. She was called "one of
                    the  most  widely  read  and  influential  poets  of  the  second  half  of  the  20th
                    century",  and  was  credited  with  bringing  "the  oppression  of  women  to  the
                    forefront of poetic discourse."
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