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(1932-1963) Novelist, poet. Sylvia Plath lived and worked at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York, for two months.

Full Name

Sylvia Plath

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1932

BIRTH

Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932.

1953

OTHER

Plath spent the month of June 1953 as a guest editor for Mademoiselle magazine in New York City, as the result of a fiction writing contest.

1960

LITWORK

The Colossus and Other Poems


Collection of poems.

1962

LITWORK

The Bell Jar


Semi-autobiographical novel.

1963

DEATH

Sylvia Plath died in London, England, in 1963.

1963

INTERMENT

Sylvia Plath was interred at Heptonstall Churchyard, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England.

1965

LITWORK

Ariel


Collection of poetry.

1971

LITWORK

Crossing The Water


Collection of poetry.

1972

LITWORK

Winter Trees


Collection of poetry.

1979

LITWORK

Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams


Collection of short fiction.

1981

LITWORK

The Collected Poems Of Sylvia Plath


Collection of poetry. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1982.

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