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Sylvia Plath

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.

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American poet and writer (1932–1963)

Born 27 October 1932
Died 11 February 1963

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  • Cover of: The Bell Jar

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  • Cover of: Ariel
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  • Cover of: The colossus & other poems
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    First published in 1962 — 27 editions
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  • Cover of: Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
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  • Cover of: Journals of Sylvia Plath
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  • Cover of: The colossus.

    First published in 1960 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Collected Poems
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  • Cover of: Crossing the water: transitional poems
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  • Cover of: Colossus and Other Poems

    First published in 2021 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: The bed book
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  • Cover of: Winter trees.
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    First published in 1971 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience
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  • Cover of: Letters home: correspondence, 1950-63
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  • Cover of: Three women: a monologue for three voices

    First published in 1968 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The United States in Literature
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  • Cover of: Literature: The Human Experience, Reading and Writing
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  • Cover of: Ariel

    First published in 1966 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: The American Experience
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  • Cover of: The It-Doesn'T-Matter Suit
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    First published in 1996 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: A Story

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American poet and writer (1932–1963)

Born 27 October 1932
Died 11 February 1963

Subjects

Fiction, Poetry (poetic works by one author), American literature, Children's fiction, Drama, short story, Plath, sylvia, 1932-1963, American poetry, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, short stories, American drama, Classic Literature, Satanism, Young men, freedom, meaning of love, selfhood, Mothers and daughters, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Brothers and sisters, Families

Places

Massachusetts, Mallard residence, Jefferson, England, Mississippi, Missouri, New England, Saint Louis, Salem Village, United States, Yoknapatawpha County, Araby, Araby bazaar, Boston, New York, North Richmond Street, Wall Street, Alabama, Milford meeting house, Owl Creek Bridge, Andover, Barbados, Calcutta, China, Eastern Europe

People

Brently Mallard, Devil, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Sylvia Plath, Amanda Wingfield, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Homer Barron, Jim O'Connor, Laura Wingfield, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Tom Wingfield, Bartleby, Cicero, Elizabeth, Fortunato, Ginger Nut, John Jacob Astor, Lady Fortunato

Time

19th century, 1600s, Antebellum era, 20th century, 1861-1865, American Civil War, Carnival, 1692, 1861-65, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1912, 1950s, 1953, Civil War, December, carnival

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Alternative names

  • Victoria Lucas

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August 25, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong names
August 25, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
June 19, 2021 Edited by Lisa merge authors
January 10, 2021 Edited by Lisa merge authors
August 30, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Talis record