Historical records matching Sylvia Hughes
Immediate Family
-
husband
-
son
-
Privatechild
-
father
-
mother
-
Privatesibling
-
father's partner
About Sylvia Hughes
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932–February 11, 1963) is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for her two collections The Colossus and Other Poems and Ariel. In 1982, she became the first poet to win a Pulitzer Prize posthumously for The Collected Poems. She also wrote The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death
An American poet, novelist and short story writer. Born in Massachusetts, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a professional poet and writer.
She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956 and they lived together first in the United States and then England, having two children together: Frieda and Nicholas. Following a long struggle with depression and a marital separation, Plath committed suicide in 1963. ] Controversy continues to surround the events of her life and death, as well as her writing and legacy.
- Residence: 1940 - 92 Johnson Ave, Winthrop Town, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
- Reference: 1940 United States Federal Census - SmartCopy: Oct 27 2019, 20:35:12 UTC
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Oct 27 2019, 20:43:43 UTC
- Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 27 2019, 21:29:30 UTC
Sylvia Hughes's Timeline
1932 |
October 27, 1932
|
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
|
|
1963 |
February 11, 1963
Age 30
|
London, England, United Kingdom
|
|
February 11, 1963
Age 30
|
St. Thomas A. Beckett Churchyard, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
|
||
???? |