Why Famous:Credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for her two published collections: "Other Poems and Ariel" and "The Colossus".
Plath won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for "The Collected Poems" and is also well known for her semi-autobiographical work "The Bell Jar".
She suffered from depression for much of her adult life, and in 1963 she committed suicide.
Born: October 27, 1932 Birthplace:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1956-06-16 British Poet and Poet Laureate Ted Hughes marries American writer and poet (The Bell Jar) Sylvia Plath at St George the Martyr Holborn, London.
Historical Events
1956-02-26 Writers and poets Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge
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