The Resume

(February 22, 1892-1950)
Wrote 'Renascence,' 'The First Fig,' 'The Second Fig,' 'Fatal Interview' and 'The Ballad of the Harp Weaver'

Why she might be annoying:

She was a smoker.
She was a heavy drinker.
She had a nervous breakdown in 1944.
She was nicknamed 'Vincent.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
She was famous for her lyric poems and sonnets.
She was active in socially progressive causes.
She wrote plays and an opera libretto.
She translated Baudelaire's 'Fleurs de Mal' into English.
She was bisexual.

Credit: The Truffle

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Poets
• Bisexuals
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [M-Q]
• I Attended Vassar
• I Died in 1950 (Ranked: 58)
• I Had a Nervous Breakdown
• Look at My Flowers
• Open Marriages
• Poets
• Profiles 10501-10750 (Ranked: 10508)
• Redheads - Female [M-Z]
• Residents of Greenwhich Village [New York City]
• Shares Washington's Birthday [February 22nd] (Ranked: 1892)
• The Truffle's Profiles [Series 2]
• Women Who Kept Their Maiden Name After Marriage [Lucy Stoners]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 43 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 47 Votes: 78.72% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 138 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 130 Votes: 48.46% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 290 Votes: 45.86% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 303 Votes: 41.58% Annoying