October 27, 1932, on a day like this: American Poet, Sylvia Plath was born
Sylvia Plath, pseudonym Victoria Lucas, was born in October the 27 of 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts. She prematurely died by suicide on February 11, 1963 in London. Fiercely intelligent, penetrating and witty, Plath was diagnosed with clinical depression. She used poetry to explore her own states of mind in the most intimate terms, and her breathtaking perspectives on emotion, nature and art continue to captivate and resonate. When she was eight years old, her first poem was published. In 1955, Plath graduated from Smith with highest honours and went on to Newnham College in Cambridge on a Fullbright Fellowship. In 1956 she married the English poet Ted Hughes with whom she had two children. In 1962 the couple separated following Hughes's extramarital affair. The Colossus BY SYLVIA PLATH I shall never get you put together entirely, Pieced, glued, and prope...
