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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Born

in Rockland, Maine, The United States

February 22, 1892

Died

October 19, 1950

Genre

Poetry, Plays

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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.

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Average rating: 4.15 · 27,365 ratings · 2,179 reviews · 432 distinct works • Similar authors

	Collected Poems 4.24 avg rating — 8,580 ratings — published 1956 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Selected Poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Olivia Gatwood (Introduction), Nancy Milford (Editor) 4.18 avg rating — 2,111 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Renascence and Other Poems 4.22 avg rating — 1,392 ratings — published 1917 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ruth Bornschlegel (Designed by), Norma Millay (Introduction) 4.33 avg rating — 1,056 ratings — published 1917	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Millay by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Diana Secker Tesdell (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 807 ratings — published 1923 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Few Figs from Thistles 4.17 avg rating — 689 ratings — published 1920 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SEL POEMS 4.13 avg rating — 678 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Second April 4.12 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 1921 — 115 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Works of Edna St. Vincent Millay 4.54 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Early Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Holly Peppe 4.16 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1998 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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

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“I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay

tags: heart, infidelity, relationships, seasons, summer

3234 likes

“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

tags: loneliness, loss, yearning

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Who is your favorite poet?

Emily Dickinson

59 votes, 9.2%

Edgar Allan Poe

54 votes, 8.4%

Sylvia Plath

32 votes, 5.0%

William Shakespeare

27 votes, 4.2%

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