August 12th Auction of Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Sports
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/12/2021
TLS from Edna St Vincent Millay dated July 14, 1937 from Austerlitz , New York. Millay writes about the receipt of a Glass pitcher from a Mr. John Zerega and that it was thoughtfully of him to send it. She says she instantly knew that the pitcher represented two of her well-known poems., "The Buck in the Snow and 'The Fawn". Interesting letter referring to two of her popular poems.
Her career as a poet was meteoric. In 1923 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. She became a performance artist super-star, reading her poetry to rapt audiences across the country.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright.
Encouraged to read the classics at home, she was too rebellious to make a success of formal education, but she won poetry prizes from an early age, including the Pulitzer Prize in 1923, and went on to use verse as a medium for her feminist activism. She also wrote verse-dramas and a highly-praised opera, The King's Henchman. Her novels appeared under the name Nancy Boyd, and she refused lucrative offers to publish them under her own name.
Edna St. Vincent Millay TLS First Woman to win Pulitzer prize in poetry!
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