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Sylvia Plath

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  • Published

    Published
    Ted published some of her poems. He published letters home. Also many other poems.

  • Sylvia plath is born

    Sylvia plath is born on October, 27 1932 in Jamacia plain, Massachusetts. Her parents where Otto and Aurelia plath. she was born when a bunch of americans were unomloyed.

  • Writing starts

    She published her first poem in 1940 and was only 8. She also started writing when she was 8. Her first poem was published in the boston newspaper.

  • Father died

    Father died
    Sylvia plaths father died from diabetes. His name was otto plath. Sylvia plath wrote a poem about her father called Daddy.

  • Award

    Award
    The scholastic art and writing award. Sylvia plath won when she was only in high school. When she won the award she was in 10th grade

  • went to college

    went to college
    She went to Smith college, Newnham College, The smith college is for women only. She only went to smith college one year.

  • Tryed to kill herself

    Tryed to kill herself
    She tryed overdosing on sleeping pills. Her attempt failed. She got sent to a ment home.

  • Job

    Job
    Worked with mademoiselle magazine. She was a guest editor. She work during the summer

  • Graduated from college

    Graduated from college
    In 1955 she graduated from smith college.She went for 5 years. it was the second college she went to Newnham college.

  • Married

    Married
    She married ted Hughes in 1956. She married a english poet Ted Hughes. She died in 1962 and he died in 1998.

  • daughter

    daughter
    Frieda plath is born. Her mom cocmmited suicide two years after Fredia was born. She went to Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design.

  • Death

    Death
    She committed suicied by putting her head in the oven. She was only 30 when she committed suicide. It was her second attempt her first on she tried using sleeping piles.

  • Divorce

    Divorce
    Sylvia plath and ted hughes got divorced. The same year she killed her self. Also they had two kids before the divorce

  • Son is born

    Son is born
    Nicholas Hughes is born. He was born the year his mom gassed her self to death. He also commited suicide in 1969 by hanging him self. He was never married and had no kids.

  • Stamp

    Stamp
    Sylvia plath had a stamp published. She had a stamp published in 2012 in honor of her.