EDNA ST VINCENT MILLAY was born on February 22, 1892, in Rockland, Maine. Millay was a poet and playwright, who began to discover her literary talents while still in high school.
At the age of 15, she published her first poem in a popular children's magazine in Camden, Maine.
She attended Vassar College from 1913-1917. After graduation she moved to New York City, where she established her career as a poet.
In 1923 she won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection, "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver." She was the third woman to win this coveted award.
In 1943, Millay was awarded the Frost Award for her lifetime contribution to American poetry.
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She died in 1950 at the age of 58.
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