Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

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 Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems.

Known For: Writing

Birthday: 1932-10-27

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As: Victoria Lucas