Plath, Sylvia ___ 1932-1963 ___ American ___ writer

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Sylvia Plath was born in Boston into a comfortable middle-class family, and was educated at Smith College, and then Cambridge University. There she met Ted Hughes, who was to become one of Britain's most important 20th century poets. They married in 1956 and had two children (Frieda and Nicolas). Plath's literary reputation began to grow in the early 1960s, with 'The Colossus and Other Poems' and 'The Bell Jar', an autobiographical novel. But, in this period, Hughes had begun an affair which was to lead to a breakdown in the marriage, and this led Plath to commit suicide. Her reputation, however, grew posthumously with the publication of several collections of dark, witty and emotional poems. The diaries were first published in the early 1980s, and then a fuller version came out in 2000, after the death of Hughes.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - Hughes fishing; Plath in quicksand

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1950-1962 ___ childhood literary self people love/sex creativity

WEB TEXT LINKS
some pages
two longish extracts
several quotes

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Neilson Library, Smith College

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Journals of Sylvia Plath
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
 

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