Monday, February 11, 1962: Sylvia Plath

The 30-year-old poet and author takes her own life in her London home. Her novel, "The Bell Jar," had just been published in January. "Ariel," her influential book of poems, would be published in 1965.
* From The Poetry Archive: @
* From Academy of American Poets: @

* From the BBC: @

* "Plath Profiles: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Sylvia Plath Studies" (Indiana University Northwest): @
* www.sylviaplath.info: @
* sylvia-plath.org: @
* www.sylviaplath.de: @
* October 1962 interview: @
* Plath reads "Daddy": @ 

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