Edna St. Vincent Millay biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Author Name:

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Born As:

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Other Names:

Pseudonym Nancy Boyd

Born:

22 Feb 1892

Died:

19 Oct 1950




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Poet and playwright                          
                          
Mother Cora Lounella
Father Henry Tollman Millay, three daughters,  Edna, who called herself "Vincent", Norma and Kathleen.
                          
1923 - Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

At age fourteen, Edna won the St. Nicholas Gold Badge for poetry.

At age fifteen, she published her poetry in the popular children's magazine St. Nicholas, the Camden Herald and anthology Current Literature.                           
Middle name derives from St. Vincent's Hospital in New York.