Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay was considered by many to be the voice of the rebellious youth of her time. A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and a feminist, she stressed women's liberation in much of her poetry. Encouraged by her mother, Millay began writing poetry as a child. At the age of 14, she published a poem in a children's magazine. At 20, she received national recognition after publishing her poem "Renascence." The recognition enabled her to win a scholarship to Vassar College.
After graduating, Millay became a part of New York City's controversial Greenwich Village scene. From the 1920s through the 1940s, this area's reputation as a center for artists and writers grew. Millay created some of her most successful writing while living there in the early 1920s. Her works often shocked the older generation while voicing the views of her liberated contemporaries during the decade that became known as the Roaring Twenties. In all, Millay wrote more than 20 volumes of poetry, plays, and essays, as well as an opera. She also directed and acted in plays.
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