News at Eleven: Sylvia Plath, who was born on 27 October 1932

and died aged 30 in 1963, published only two works during her lifetime, the poetry collection The Colossus and the novel The Bell Jar. The majority of her poetry was published posthumously, and most of the reviews of her work react against the knowledge of her suicide. Reading through reviews of her work, before her poetry became so intrinsically linked to her death, is an interesting experiment.

from The Guardian: Sylvia Plath--reviews from the archive
then The Telegraph: Remembering poet Sylvia Plath
then The Christian Science Monitor: Sylvia Plath: 10 quotes on her birthday
then Huffington Post: Sylvia Plath Quotes And Photos For Her Birthday!
then Flavorwire: Sylvia Plath's Beautiful, Bittersweet Musings on Life

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