Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Born in Boston, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College at the University of Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a poet and writer.
She was married to fellow poet Ted Hughes from 1956 until they separated in September 1962. They lived together in the United States and then in England and had two children, Frieda and Nicholas.
Plath was clinically depressed for most of her adult life, and was treated multiple times with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She committed suicide in 1963.
Since her suicide at age thirty, Sylvia Plath has been celebrated for her impeccable and ruthless poetry.
Take a look to see life of this talented tragic poet through these amazing photos.
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| Beautiful Sylvia Plath during a beach holiday, three years before she met Ted Hughes, 1953 |
She was married to fellow poet Ted Hughes from 1956 until they separated in September 1962. They lived together in the United States and then in England and had two children, Frieda and Nicholas.
Plath was clinically depressed for most of her adult life, and was treated multiple times with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She committed suicide in 1963.
Since her suicide at age thirty, Sylvia Plath has been celebrated for her impeccable and ruthless poetry.
Take a look to see life of this talented tragic poet through these amazing photos.
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| Baby Plath, October 13th, 1933 |
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| Plath was about nine months old with her parents Otto and Aurelia, July 1933 |
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| Plath as a young child, 1934 |
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| Sylvia Plath and her brother Warren in Winthrop, Massachusetts, August 1940 |
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| Plath sunbathing in the backyard at 26 Elmwood Road, June 1946 |
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| Fifteen-year-old Sylvia Plath in 1947 |
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| Plath at the Powley's country home in East Colrain, Massachusetts, February 1947 |
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| Enjoying a cola in 1947 |
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| Sylvia Plath, almost seventeen, with her brother Warren and mother in September 1949 |
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| Portrait of Syvia Plath in 1949 |
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| Sylvia Plath, September 1950 |
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| Portrait of Sylvia Plath, 1952 |
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| Plath at Smith College, Northampton, Mass in 1952 |
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| Plath in her dormitory, Haven House, at Smith College, 1952 |
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| Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Cantor at Nauset Beach, Cape Cod, 1952 |
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| Sylvia Plath at Cambridge, 1952 |
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| Plath with her mother and brother, circa 1952 |
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| Blonde Sylvia in 1953 |
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| At the beach in 1953 |
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| At the beach in 1953 |
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| Plath during a beach holiday, three years before she met Ted Hughes, 1953 |
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| Plath during a beach holiday, three years before she met Ted Hughes, 1953 |
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| Sylvia Plath interviewing Elizabeth Bowen for Mademoiselle, summer of 1953 |
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| With friend Myron in 1953 |
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| With Gordon Lameyer, 1953 |
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| Plath with her typewriter, 1953 |
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| Sylvia Plath on the Smith College campus, April 1954 |
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| At the Quadigras dance, Smith College, May 1954 |
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| Sylvia Plath with brown hair, 1954 |
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| Sylvia Plath, Spring 1954 |
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| Plath as maid of honour, 1955 |
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| Portrait of Sylvia Plath at Yale University in 1955 |
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| Plath in 1956 |
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| Plath in 1956 |
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| Sylvia Plath in Paris, 1956 |
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| Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes in Paris just after their honeymoon in Benidorm, Spain, 1956 |
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| Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, Yorkshire, England, 1956 |
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| Sylvia Plath in Italy, 1956 |
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| Sylvia Plath in Italy, 1956 |
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| Sylvia Plath with typewriter in Yorkshire, September 1956 |
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| Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes and his parents, 1956 |
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| Plath, 1956 |
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| Plath, 1956 |
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| Plath, 1956 |
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| Ted Hughed and Sylvia Plath, 1956 |
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| Sylvia Plath feeding deer in Ontario, Canada, 1959 |
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| Plath rowing on Yellowstone Lake, 1959 |
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| Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath in Concord, Massachusetts, December 1959 |
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| With her daughter, 1960 |
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| Plath in 1960 |
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| Plath and her son Nicholas, December 1962 |
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| Sylvia Plath and her children at Court Green, fall 1962 |
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| Sylvia Plath and her son Nicholas Hughes in Devonshire, December 1962 |
