Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)

Biographical note

American lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was also known for her unconventional, bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work.

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Works

Poems

  • Renascence and other poems (1917) [ read | print | download ]
  • A Few Figs from Thistles (1920) [ read | print | download ]
  • Second April (1921) [ read | print | download ]
  • The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems (1923) [ read | print | download ]
  • Poems (1923)
  • Distressing Dialogues (1924)
  • The Buck in the Snow (1928)
  • Fatal Interview (1931)
  • Wine from These Grapes (1934)
  • Conversations at Midnight (1937)
  • Huntsman, What Quarry? (1939)
  • There Are No Islands Any More (1940)
  • Make Bright the Arrows (1940)
  • Invocation of the Muses (1941)
  • Poem and Prayer for an Invading Army (1944)
  • Mine the Harvest (1954)

Drama

  • Aria da Capo (1921)
  • Two Slatterns and a King (1921)
  • The Lamp and the Bell (1921)
  • Distressing Dialogues (1924)
  • The King's Henchman (1927)
  • The Princess Marries the Page (1932)
  • The Murder of Lidice (1942)

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