Edna St. Vincent Millay

1892 – 1950

American poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Background – Biographical Information & Connection to Maine (3)

Biography of a Poet ~ The Millay House Rockland (4)

One of Maine’s most famous poets was a 

brilliant and witty charmer…with an edge (34)

Listen to Edna St. Vincent Millay Reciting her Poetry (14)

Click here to read Millay’s poetry at PoetryFoundation.org

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Writings

The inspiration for Renascence was the views 

from the Camden Hills in Camden, Maine (16)

Original Obituary in the Green Bay Press-Gazette 1950 (22)

Reprint of Obituary in the New York Times 1950 (23)

Find-a-Grave and Cemetery Record (24)

More to explore…

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Inspiration for the Spirit (including how Millay met her husband) (26)

Photo Credits and Sources from top to bottom of page:

1. Portrait of Edna St. Vincent Millay: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149966.Early_Poems

2. https://quotefancy.com/quote/1001421/Edna-St-Vincent-Millay-Pour-away-despair-and-rinse-the-cup-Eat-happiness-like-bread

3. Hart, Paula L. “Edna St. Vincent Millay.” DISCovering Authors, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2101205893/GPS?u=brun84057&sid=GPS&xid=d47bde7f. Accessed 7 May 2021.

4. https://millayhouserockland.org/vincent-biography

5. https://freepressonline.com/Content/Top-Scrolling-Area/Top-Scrolling-Area/Article/Edna-St-Vincent-Millay-Waylaid-by-Beauty/126/724/44717

6. http://vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/alumni/edna-st-vincent-millay.html

7. https://amandafrench.net/2014/09/25/on-some-books-in-edna-st-vincent-millays-library/

8. https://stories.vassar.edu/2017/170202-millay-at-steepletop.html

9. https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Edna-St-Vincent-Millay-s-home-opens-to-public-559829.php#photo-239261

10. https://millayhouserockland.org/about

11. https://hvmag.com/things-to-do/arts-culture/the-story-of-edna-st-vincent-millay-poet-revolutionary-and-jazz-age-bohemian/

12. https://someonelivedhere.com/steepletop/

13. https://millayhouserockland.org/vincent-biography

14. http://www.millay.org/poetryarchives.php

15. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55993/renascence

16. https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/kristen-lindquist-millay-and-mount-battie/131528

17. https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/kristen-lindquist-millay-and-mount-battie/131528

18. https://readtheplaque.com/plaque/edna-st-vincent-millay-plaque

19. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53241/the-ballad-of-the-harp-weaver

20. https://www.pulitzer.org/

21. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/edna_st__vincent_millay/poems

22. http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/bhslibrary/files/2020/04/Millay-Obituary-1.pdf

23. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0222.html

24. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/713/edna-st_vincent-millay

25. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Edna-St-Vincent-Millay-s-home-opens-to-public-559829.php

26. http://www.inspirationforthespirit.com/poetry/classic-poets/edna-st-vincent-millay/

27. https://downeast.com/archives/edna-st-vincent-millay-archives/

28. http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/ch-d-e/Edna%20St.%20Vincent%20Millay.html

29. https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay

30. http://postcardy.blogspot.com/2014/03/edna-st-vincent-millay-stamp.html

31. Powder, Rouge and Lip-Stick – Millay writing as Nancy Boyd in Vanity Fair, September, 1921.

32.  Rolls and Salt – Millay writing as Nancy Boyd in Vanity Fair, January, 1921.

33. Breakfast in Bed – Millay writing as Nancy Boyd in Vanity Fair, May, 1921.

34. https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/09/10/one-of-maines-most-famous-poets-was-a-brilliant-and-witty-charmer-with-an-edge/

35. https://www.mainepublic.org/dead-writers