Sylvia Plath

Born October 27, 1932
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died February 11, 1963 (Aged years)
Primrose Hill, London, England
Region North America
Language English
Profession Novelist, Poet, Short Story Writer
Education Smith College
University of Cambridge
Period Contemporary
Movements Confessional
Notable Works The Bell Jar, Ariel, Lady Lazarus, Daddy
Awards Glascock Prize
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Bio Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for The Colossus and Other Poems, Ariel, and The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her suicide in 1963.
NoPoemTopic
11Poppies In JulyDesire, Emptiness, Frustration, Longing
10Sheep In FogDespair, Isolation, Melancholy, Transience
9Soliloquy Of The SolipsistExistentialism, Philosophy, Solitude, Street
8SpinsterConfusion, Contrast, Disorder, Yearning
7Suicide Off Egg RockDespair, Isolation, Mortality
6ThalidomideEthics, Medicine, Moon, Tragedy
5The JailerConfinement, Oppression, Power
4The Rabbit CatcherExistentialism, Metaphor, Nature
3TulipsEmotion, Nature, Symbolism, Tulip
2Two Lovers And A Beachcomber By The Real SeaHouse, Ocean, Sea
1Witch BurningEmpowerment, Feminism, History