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She was born in 1892 in Rockford, Maine. She was the eldest daughter of Cora Lounella and Henry Tollman Millay
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Cora offically left Vincent's father.
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After the divorce, Cora moved her family to Camdon, Maine wher they would stay untill Vinncent was able to move them all out.
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Vincent's poem "Renascence" won critical attention in a poetry contest and was printedin the Lyric of the year anthology. This was her first big break.
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To prepare for Vasser, Millay had to take classas at Barnard college, sine her previous schooling was not sufficient for admission.
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Millay Entered Vassar College when she was 21, only after rich benefactors were able to pay her way.
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Millay graduated from Vasser in 1917, and moved right to New York.
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Published her first book of poetry called "Renascence and other poems".
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In 1918, Millay began writing short stories ans poetry for magazines such as "Ainslee's". She sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd.
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Vincent wrote an anti-war play.
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Published a second volume of poetry.
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Millay traveld to Europe from 1921-22. She was a foreign correspondant for Vanity Fair Magazine.
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Millay won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923 for "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver. She was only the third woman to do this at that time.
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In 1923 she married 43-year-old Eugen Jan Boissevain. He is one of the MANY men and woman to have falllen for Edna. The two were married for 23 years and both had many other lovers during that time.
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In 1925, Millay and her husband bought a home in Austerlitz, New York that they called steepletop. The home had a garden, barn, writing cabin, and tennins court. This was one of Millay's favorite places in the world.
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George Dillon is one of the most famous affairs Millay had while married. He was 14 years younger than her.
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Millay was the sixth person and the second woman to be awarded the Frost Medal for her lifetime contribution to American poetry.
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Although Millay had had many breakdowns previous to this one, she was unable to write for two years.
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Millays husband dies of lung cancer, leaving Millay to live alone at steepletop for the last year of her life.
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Millay died at her home after expirancing a heart attack and falling down the stairs. She was found eight hours after her death. She was only 58 years old.