Adrienne Cecile Rich (May 16, 1929 ? March 27, 2012) was an American poet , essayist and feminist . She received credit for bringing attention to the oppression of women and lesbians . She wrote many fiction and non-fiction books and many poetry. Her most controversial work was Of Woman Born: Motherhood and Institution in 1976. In 1986 Rich's 1980 essay Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence against heterosexuality forced by society was published. In 1974 she won National Book Award .

Rich was born in Baltimore , Maryland . She died from rheumatoid arthritis in Santa Cruz, California at age eighty-two. ^[1] At the time Rich lived with her partner Michelle Cliff .

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• List of poets from North America

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