Sylvia

Plath

October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963

By Paula Trotter, 11 AR

•Sylvia Plath was married to the British poet of Ted Hughes on June 16th, 1956

•At aged 20, Plath attempted a suicide by swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills and disappearing into a hole in the wall of her cellar. She was found 2 days later by her mother and made a full recovery at the Mclean Hospital in Massachusetts.

•Ted & Sylvia had two children, Frieda & Nicholas. Frieda is a well known English poet & painter and Nicholas a fisheries biologist.

•18 years after Sylvia’s death she won the Pulitzer prize (an awards for poets) for ‘The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath

•She was 8 years old when her father died due to complication following the amputation of his foot

•Sylvia was born during the great depression (in 1932)

•Ariel: The collection that established her fame•The Bed Book•The Bell Jar•The Colossus & Other Poems•Crossing the Water

A Life MetaphorsDaddy Mad Girl's Love SongLady Lazarus MirrorA Birthday Present ArielMushrooms TulipsMorning Song The DeadA Better Resurrection Two Sisters Of PersephoneCut Love Is A ParallaxNever Try To Trick Me With A KissWords ChildEdge You'reKindness The ColossusLove Letter A Lesson In VengeanceMonologue At 3 AM LesbosLeaving Early April 18Frog Autumn Death & Co.Getting There JiltedOn Looking Into The Eyes Of A Demon LoverVanity Fair BalloonsThe Applicant Mary's SongStillborn InsomniacFever 103° BlackberryingWuthering Heights AftermathI Am Vertical Three WomenThe Arrival Of The Bee BoxPoppies In July SowThe Moon And The Yew TreeThe Moon And The Yew Tree