1892 - 1950
Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American poet and playwright, born on February 22, 1892, in Rockland, Maine. She is best known for her groundbreaking poetry that often explored themes of love, nature, and feminism, as seen in her celebrated works like "Renascence" and "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver." Millay received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923 and became a prominent figure in the literary world, known for her passionate and lyrical style.