Born: 27-Oct - 1932
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Died: 11-Feb - 1963
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Suicide
Remains: Buried, St. Thomas ? Beckett and St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, England

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Poet

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Daddy

Father: Otto Plath (entomologist, Professor of Biology at Boston University, d. 1940 diabetes)
Mother: Aurelia Schoeber
Brother: Warren (younger)
Husband: Ted Hughes (poet, m. 16-Jun-1956, two children)
Son: Nicholas Hughes (zoologist, d. 16-Mar-2009 suicide)
Daughter: Frieda Hughes (m. artist Laszlo Lukacs)

    High School: Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MA
    University: BA, Smith College (1955)
    University: MA English, Newnham College, Cambridge University (1956-)

    Mademoiselle
    Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1982 for Collected Poems (posthumous)
    Fulbright
    Tonsillectomy
    Shock Treatment
    Suicide Attempt 24-Aug-1953
    Nervous Breakdown
    Raped 1954 (while attending Harvard Summer School)
    Appendectomy Feb-1960
    Died Intestate
    Autopsy
    German Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Depression , Insomnia , Appendicitis , Tonsillitis

Author of books:
The Colossus and Other Poems ( 1960 , poetry)
The Bell Jar ( 1963 , novel)
Ariel ( 1965 , poetry)
Crossing the Water ( 1971 , poetry)
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams and Other Prose Writings ( 1977 , collection)
Collected Poems ( 1981 , poetry)

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