Plath, Sylvia

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A twentieth-century American writer whose collections of poetry, including the posthumously published Ariel, strongly influenced women writers of the 1960s. Her semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, details her alienation and suicidal tendencies and presaged her own death that same year.

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There are also essays on Jean Rys, Sylvia Plath, the Brontës, and Henry Roth.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sylvia insisted that Ted move out and he complied, going to stay in London.
Ted Hughes’s Brother on Losing Sylvia Plath|Gerald Hughes|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was sad that my first visit to Court Green, which Sylvia had described so enthusiastically, should be after her demise.
Ted Hughes’s Brother on Losing Sylvia Plath|Gerald Hughes|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the television screen in her small Paris flat, Sylvia carefully followed the events in Munich.
Mossad’s Greatest Female Assassin: An Excerpt From ‘Sylvia Rafael’|Ram Oren,   Moti Kfir|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Sylvia went on to read articles in other newspapers, and they left a bitter taste in her mouth.
Mossad’s Greatest Female Assassin: An Excerpt From ‘Sylvia Rafael’|Ram Oren,   Moti Kfir|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Marian paused there was a silence as Sylvia tried to pick out of this long speech something to which she could respond.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
Several times as they crossed car lines it seemed to Sylvia that they missed being struck only by perilously narrow margins.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
He listened respectfully to what Mrs. Owen said and was impressed, Sylvia thought, by her opinions.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
Marian was altogether obvious; whereas Mrs. Owen felt the barriers of reserve in Sylvia.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
It occurred to Sylvia that but for his mustache his face would have been almost typically Indian.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson