Sylvia Plath

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Known for

Writing

From

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Born

10/27/1932

Age

92

Credit(s)

8

Biography

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 two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems and Ariel, as well as The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death. In 1982, she won a posthumous ...Show More