Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay (Feb 22, 1892 – Oct 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a prominent social figure of New York City's Greenwich Village just as it was becoming known as a bohemian writer's colony. Millay wrote v
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Edna St. Vincent Millay (Feb 22, 1892 – Oct 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a prominent social figure of New York City's Greenwich Village just as it was becoming known as a bohemian writer's colony. Millay wrote verse-dramas and a highly-praised opera, The King's Henchman. Her novels appeared under the name Nancy Boyd and she refused lucrative offers to publish them under her own name. In 1923 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. She became a performance artist super-star, reading her poetry to rapt audiences across the country. She used her verse as a medium for her feminism, social and political activism. Near the end of her life, she wrote some of her greatest poetry.
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