Edna St. Vincent Millay
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican poet (1892-1950)
Fame59.7
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Languages30
Peak1930s
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Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She also wrote prose under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd.
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![Millay photographed by Arnold Genthe in 1914 in Mamaroneck, New York[8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Millay_magn.jpg/1280px-Millay_magn.jpg)
Millay photographed by Arnold Genthe in 1914 in Mamaroneck, New York[8]
Millay's 1923-24 home: .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}75+1⁄2 Bedford Street, Greenwich Village (2013 photo)
Millay, c. 1920
Main house at Steepletop, where Millay spent the last 25 years of her life
Millay in 1930
Millay and Boissevain's gravestone at Steepletop
Edna St. Vincent Millay portrait (undated, likely c. 1914-1915)Awards 3
In their orbit 5
Connected to Edna 6
Ezra PoundAlso won Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets
Carl SandburgAlso won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Mary OliverAlso won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Adrienne RichAlso won Robert Frost Medal
Robert FrostAlso won Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets
Louise GlückAlso won Pulitzer Prize for PoetryAbout this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1950 · aged 58
Written about in
30 languages
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