Edna St. Vincent Millay
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born
December 13, 1901
died
October 19, 1950
gender
female
place of birth
Rockland, Maine, The United States
genre
Poetry
about this author
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (the first woman to receive the Pulitzer for poetry).
This famous portrait of Vincent (as she was called by friends) was taken by Carl Van Vecht in 1933.
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Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edna St. Vincent Millay avg rating 4.40 — 551 ratings — published 1956 6 editions |
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The Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edna St. Vincent Millay avg rating 4.30 — 174 ratings — published 1991 9 editions |
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Collected Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay avg rating 4.48 — 148 ratings — published 1941 3 editions |
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Renascence and Other Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay avg rating 4.22 — 79 ratings — published 1917 6 editions |
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Edna St. Vincent Millay: Collected Lyrics by Edna St. Vincent Millay avg rating 4.29 — 69 ratings — published 1969 3 editions |
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A Few Figs From Thistles by Edna St. Vincent Millay avg rating 4.44 — 32 ratings — published 2004 2 editions |
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Fatal Interview: Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay avg rating 4.45 — 29 ratings — published 1931 |
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First Fig and Other Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay avg rating 4.54 — 24 ratings — published 2000 |
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Early Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay avg rating 4.24 — 17 ratings — published 1998 2 editions |
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Wine from These Grapes by Edna St. Vincent Millay avg rating 4.42 — 12 ratings — published 1934 |
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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
"My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light."
— Edna St. Vincent Millay (Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay)
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light."
— Edna St. Vincent Millay (Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay)
"Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age the child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies."
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
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