Sylvia Plath

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Born:
Oct. 27, 1932
Died:
Feb. 11, 1963

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Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, children's author, and short story author.

Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932 and educated at Smith College and Newham College, Cambridge. There she met the poet Ted Hughs, whom she married in 1956. The couple settled permanently in England, and they had two children, a son and a daughter, before separating in 1962. She suffered from clinical depression for most of her adulthood, and lost her life to it in 1963.

Books by Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar (1998, Everyman's Library) No rating

The Bell Jar

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Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar (Paperback, 1974, Faber & Faber)

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Sylvia Plath: Ariel (Hardcover, 2004, Faber and Faber)

Ariel

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Sylvia Plath: The Colossus (1998, Vinatage International) No rating

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