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Turmoil Ensues

Life in England

-In 1962, Hughes left Plath for Assia Gutman Wevill, which led Plath to fall into a deep depression

-During this time period, she wrote many of the poems that comprise Ariel

-In 1963, Plath published her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas"

-On February 11, 1963, Plath committed suicide at age 31

-Graduated in 1955 summa cum laude and gained a Fulbright Scholarship to Cambridge University

-Moved to England in 1956, where she met Ted Hughes and soon after married him on June 16

Start of Writing Career

-After Hughes and Plath moved back to MA, Plath startes studying with Robert Lowell, who had a major influence on her work

-She published her first collection of poems, Colossus, in 1960 in England and two years later in the US

-After first publication of her poems, Plath returned to England and gave birth to her two children, Frieda and Nicholas

Sylvia Plath

Education

-Started to keep a journal at age 11

-Her first national publication was in The Christian Science Monitor in 1950, right after she graduated high school

-She entered in Smith College in Northhampton, MA and became exceptional student

Legacy

-In 1953, Plath's short story "Sunday at the Mintons" won first prize in a contest for Mademoiselle magazine

-Allowed her to become a guest editor for the summer of 1953 in New York City

-After returning back to MA and being rejected from Harvard, she fell into a deep depression and attempted suicide

-After Plath's death, Hughes proceeded to publish Ariel as well as three other volumes of her work including The Collected Poems, which she won a Pulitzer Prize for in 1982, making her the first poet to won a Pulitzer prize after death

-Plath was seen as a very important poet during her lifetime, but has grown to become one of the most powerful American poets of the postwar period after her death

-She has inspired a generation of women within the feminist movement

-Plath's later poems fall into a less rigid standard and are composed of a rhythm and meter that us more of an "ear-count"

-These poems sound like they are in Plath's own voice and therefore take on a sense of informality and urgency in their tone

Her Life and Legacy

Plath's Writing Style

Confessional Poetry

Born: October 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts

-Plath's poetry can be classified as confessional poetry

-Her work is seen as extremely lyrical and symbolic, often times taking on themes of feminist criticism

-Her ties to Robert Lowell and Anne Sexton had an extreme influence on her work, which is seen throughout her poems

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Parents: Otto Plath and Aurelia Schober Plath

Her father was a biology and German professor at Boston University- Also an expert on the study of bees, which fascinated Plath and added to complicated outlook of him

In 1940, when Sylvia was 8 years old, her father died from complications with diabetes

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