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  2. Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) 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 wrote much of her prose and hackwork verse under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd .

  3. Aug 16, 2023 · Learn about the life and works of Edna St. Vincent Millay, one of the most respected American poets of the 20th century. She won a Pulitzer Prize, coined the phrase \"My candle burns at both ends,\" and was a feminist and pacifist.

  4. Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American poet and dramatist who came to personify romantic rebellion and bravado in the 1920s. Millay was reared in Camden, Maine, by her divorced mother, who recognized and encouraged her talent in writing poetry. Her first published poem appeared in the St. Nicholas.

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  5. Learn about the life and works of Edna St. Vincent Millay, one of the most successful and respected poets in America. She was a Pulitzer Prize-winner, a socialist, a lesbian, and a champion of female expression.

  6. Jan 30, 2020 · Updated on January 30, 2020. Edna St. Vincent Millay was a popular poet, known for her Bohemian (unconventional) lifestyle. She was also a playwright and actress. She lived from February 22, 1892 to October 19, 1950. She sometimes published as Nancy Boyd, E. Vincent Millay, or Edna St. Millay.

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  7. Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in Rockland, Maine, on February 22, 1892. A poet and playwright poetry collections include The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver (Flying Cloud Press, 1922), winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and Renascence and Other Poems (Harper, 1917) She died on October 18, 1950, in Austerlitz, New York.

  8. May 21, 2018 · Born February 22, 1892 (Rockland, Maine) Died October 19, 1950 (Austerlitz, New York) Poet and dramatist. "Millay is the poetic voice of eternal youth, feminine revolt and liberation, and sensitivity and suggestiveness." Robert L. Gale, author of ‘‘Edna St. Vincent Millays Life.’’.

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