Sylvia Plath

American poet and author

Sylvia Plath was an American poet and author. 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 (1963), a semi-autobiographical novel published one month before her suicide. The Collected Poems was published in 1981, which included previously unpublished works.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 person to receive this honor posthumously. Read more on

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Lived from
1932 - 1963 (Died age 30)
Birthday:
27th October 1932
Gender:
Female
Star Sign:
Scorpio
Place of Birth:
Boston
Country:
United States of America

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