1. Sylvia Plath October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963 By Paula Trotter, 11 AR

2. Sylvia Plath was married to the British poet of Ted Hughes on June 16 th, 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)

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

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