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Edna St. Vincent Millay

1892 - 1950

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Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She also wrote prose under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edna St. Vincent Millay is the 3,564th most popular writer (down from 3,524th in 2019), the 5,137th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,520th in 2019) and the 399th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edna St. Vincent Millay ranks 3,564 out of 7,302. Before her are Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, William Cowper, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Jonathan Littell, Robert McKee, and Victor Pelevin. After her are Françoise Giroud, Castor of Rhodes, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Tarafa, Gyula Krúdy, and Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso.

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Among people born in 1892, Edna St. Vincent Millay ranks 169. Before her are Philippe Cattiau, Hans Jordan, Fatma Begum, Vladimir Stoychev, Augusto Genina, and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. After her are Francesca Bertini, John Alcock, József Nagy, Carl Panzram, Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, and Hal Roach. Among people deceased in 1950, Edna St. Vincent Millay ranks 112. Before her are Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Harold Laski, Miklós Bánffy, Charles Gmelin, Ken Huszagh, and Walton Walker. After her are Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Juan Botasso, Recep Peker, Sergei Khudyakov, Hiroshi Yoshida, and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edna St. Vincent Millay ranks 5,137 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert McKee (1941), Alan Lomax (1915), Grace Bumbry (1937), Birdman (1969), Martha Hyer (1924), and John Lewis (1920). After her are Dave Schultz (1959), Rosalyn Tureck (1914), Robert Monroe (1915), Rebecca Romijn (1972), Sam Rivers (1923), and Joseph Leidy (1823).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Edna St. Vincent Millay ranks 399. Before her are Fanny Crosby (1820), Richard Yates (1926), Glen Cook (1944), Lois Lowry (1937), Jonathan Littell (1967), and Robert McKee (1941). After her are Russell Banks (1940), Marilyn French (1929), Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882), James Russell Lowell (1819), Brandon Sanderson (1975), and L. J. Smith (1965).

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