Sylvia Plath
- Victoria Lucas
- Sort Name
- Plath, Sylvia
- Ratings
- No reviews
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Date of birth
- 1932-10-27
- Place of birth
- Jamaica Plain
- Date of death
- 1963-02-11
- Place of death
- London
Wikipedia
Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for The Colossus and Other Poems (1960), Ariel (1965), and The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her suicide in 1963. The Collected Poems was published in 1981, which included previously unpublished works. For this collection Plath was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1982, making her the fourth to receive this honor posthumously.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Plath graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts and the University of Cambridge, England, where she was a student at Newnham College. Plath later studied with Robert Lowell at Boston University, alongside poets Anne Sexton and George Starbuck. She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956, and they lived together in the United States and then in England. Their relationship was tumultuous and, in her letters, Plath alleges abuse at his hands. They had two children before separating in 1962.
Plath was clinically depressed for most of her adult life and was treated multiple times with early versions of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She died by suicide in 1963.
Annotation
American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. She was married to fellow poet Ted Hughes from 1956 until her death in 1963, although the couple had separated in September 1962.
Last modified: 2020-08-09 (revision #19234)
Editions
Add Edition
There are no Editions yet!
Help us complete BookBrainz
Not sure what to do? Visit the help page to get started.
Relationships
- Sylvia Plath is/was married to Ted Hughes(English poet and children's writer)
- Sylvia Plath is the subject of Jij zegt het
- Sylvia Plath is the subject of Du sagst es
- Sylvia Plath wrote Daddy
- Sylvia Plath is the subject of Sylvia Plath (1942-1963): "Alle die alten Anker"
Related Collections
This entity does not appear in any public collection.
Click the "Add to collection" button below to add it to an existing collection or create a new one.
Reviews No reviews
No reviews yet.
- Last Modified
- 2024-02-19