1981 EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SCOTT #1926

Poet

Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her feminist activism and her many love affairs. This sheet of fifty 18 cent stamps is offered on a 7 day auction beginning 9-19-13 and starting at 99 cents. 
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Born: February 22, 1892, Rockland, ME

Died: October 19, 1950, Austerlitz, NY

Spouse: Eugen Jan Boissevain (m. 1923)

Siblings: Kathleen Millay, Norma Millay

Parents: Cora Lounella, Henry Tollman Millay

Books

Afternoon on a Hill

Renascence, and other poems

1912

Collected Sonnets

1941

The Ballad of the Harp Weaver

1922

First fig and other poems