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Feb 12, 2015 · What drove Sylvia Plath to her death was painfully clear to her psychiatrist: clinical depression. But after the acclaimed poet, just 30 years old, committed suicide on this day, Feb. 11, in 1963, her friends, fans, and biographers were eager to blame the tragedy instead on a flesh-and-blood villain.
Apr 3, 2014 · Plath committed suicide on February 11, 1963. Legacy and Movie. Much to the dismay of some admirers of Plath, Hughes became her literary executor after her death.
In August of 1953, at the age of 20, Plath attempted suicide by swallowing sleeping pills. She survived the attempt and was hospitalized, receiving treatment with electro-shock therapy. Her experiences of breakdown and recovery were later turned into fiction for her only published novel, The Bell Jar.
Jul 20, 2021 · Sylvia Plath: Will the poet always be defined by her death? Since Sylvia Plath died in 1963, she's been turned into a crudely tragic symbol. As she inspires more biographies, will we...
Oct 29, 2018 · Between February 18, 1960, and February 4, 1963, a week before Sylvia Plath committed suicide, at the age of thirty, she sent a series of candid letters to her close friend and former...
Dec 25, 2018 · Fifty Years Ago Today, February 11, 1963: The Death of Sylvia Plath. Copy Link Email Print. Settling into the middle of the twentieth century, the confessional poets wrote deeply personal passages in which they fought their demons and exposed their fears; they omitted few details.
Feb 10, 2013 · In February 1963, American poet Sylvia Plath killed herself in her flat in London. Plath had been struggling to cope with the separation from her husband, Ted Hughes. During the last months...
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