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2 unusual facts about Plath


Plath

Otto Plath (1885–1940), father of Sylvia Plath and entomologist

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), American poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist


Anne Stevenson

Stevenson is the author of over a dozen volumes of poetry, of some books of essays and literary criticism, of a controversial biography of the American poet Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath (1989), and two critical studies of Elizabeth Bishop.

Aurelia Plath

In 1975, Aurelia Plath published her daughter's letters from 1950-1963 as Letters Home.

Aurelia Plath (born Aurelia Frances Schober; April 26, 1906 – March 11, 1994) was the wife of Otto Plath, mother of the American poet, Sylvia Plath, and a son, Warren, and the grandmother of Frieda Hughes and Nicholas Hughes.

Jillian Becker

Becker was also a friend and near neighbour of Douglas Cleverdon, whose wife, Nest, gave Becker spare clothes for Plath's children during the period just after the suicide was discovered.

John Plath

In the weeks following the grand final Plath travelled with the Broncos to England, where he played from the interchange bench in the 1992 World Club Challenge against British champions Wigan, helping Brisbane become the first NSWRL club to win the match in Britain.

Letters Home

Letters Home: Correspondence 1950–1963, a collection of letters written by Sylvia Plath to her family

Sylvia Plath effect

The Sylvia Plath effect is a term coined by psychologist James C. Kaufman in 2001 to refer to the phenomenon that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers.

The Bell Jar

According to her husband, Plath began writing the novel in 1961, after publishing her first collection of poetry, The Colossus.


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