Summary: <p><strong>Edna St. Vincent Millay</strong> (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyric_poetry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lyrical poet</a> and playwright. </p><p>Encouraged to read the classics at home, she was too rebellious to make a success of formal education, but she won poetry prizes from an early age, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pulitzer Prize</a> in 1923, and went on to use verse as a medium for her feminist activism. She also wrote verse-dramas and a highly-praised opera, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Henchman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The King's Henchman</em></a>. Her novels appeared under the name Nancy Boyd, and she refused lucrative offers to publish them under her own name. - Bio via Wikipedia.</p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
