Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath was a brilliant poet and writer. She wrote several books of poems but did not become famous until after her death. The events that occoured in her life deeply affected what and who she wrote about. Her father’s death, going into deep depression while in college and trying to kill herself, and her husband Ted Hughes were some of the events that influenced her writing. Even though she was a smart and …

…to expose her innermost pain to the world. Works Cited 1. Robinson, Tomas. Great American Writers. Ugar Publishing Company, page 404 2. Mossburg, Barbara. Great American Women Writers . Salem Press Inc., page 295. 3. Gilson, Bill. The Walking Man Presents: Silvia Plath. http://home.earthlink.net/~rasbold/plath/bio.htm page 3. 4. Gilson, Bill. The Walking Man Presents: Silvia Plath. http://home.earthlink.net/~rasbold/plath/bio.htm page 3. 5. Ames, Lois. Sylvia Plath: A Biographical Note. Harper & Row Publishers Inc., page 287.