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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Born
in Rockland, Maine, The United States February 22, 1892
Died
October 19, 1950
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Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her feminist activism and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work.
This famous portrait of Vincent (as she was called by friends) was taken by Carl Van Vechten in 1933.
Edna St. Vincent Millay Average rating:4.15
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 | Collected Works of Edna St. Vincent Millay 4.54 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 2008 —8 editions | |
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“They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay
― Edna St. Vincent Millay
“I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay
― Edna St. Vincent Millay
“Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay
― Edna St. Vincent Millay
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