Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1892, Feb. 22 | Born, Rockland, Maine |
| 1912 | Published “Renascence,” in The Lyric Year, One Hundred Poems. New York: Mitchell Kennerley |
| 1913 | Attended Barnard College, New York, N.Y. |
| 1917 | Graduated, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Published Renascence, and Other Poems. New York: Mitchell Kennerley |
| 1917-1920 | Published poetry in magazines and newspapers |
| 1923 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Married Eugen Boissevain (died 1949) |
| 1925 | Moved to “Steepletop” farm, Austerlitz, N.Y. |
| 1927 | Debut of The King's Henchmen opera, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, N.Y. Published The King's Henchmen: A Play in Three Acts. New York: Harper & Brothers |
| 1931 | Published Fatal Interview, Sonnets. New York: Harper & Brothers |
| 1936 | Published with George Dillon Flowers of Evil, from the French of Charles Baudelaire. New York: Harper & Brothers |
| 1940 | Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 1950, Oct. 19 | Died, Austerlitz, N.Y. |
| 1950 | Norma Millay (sister, died 1986) named literary executor of Millay's estate and inheritor of “Steepletop” farm |
| 1952 | Posthumous publication of Letters, edited by Allan Ross Macdougall in cooperation with Norma Millay. New York: Harper |
| 1954 | Posthumous publication of Mine the Harvest, compiled by Norma Millay. New York: Harper |
| 1959 | Posthumous publication of Collected Poems, edited by Norma Millay. New York: Harper |