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Birth
Sylvia Plath was born in Massachusetts at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital. -
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Sylvia Plath's life
This is a timeline of Sylvia Plath's ten most significant dates and times in her life. -
fathers death
Sylvia's father died of diabetes, Otto Plath was a German-American author. He had a major impact on her childhood. She wrote a poem about her troubled relationship with him called "Daddy". Sylvia felt -
Journal
Sylvia started becoming interested in writing when she was eight years old. She started writing poetry in her journal about her fathers death. -
Collage
Sylvia got a scholarship to attend Smith Collage. She attended Smith Collage for five years. -
First Suicide Attempt
Sylvia tried to kill herself when she was nineteen. She crawled under her house and took her moms sleeping pill. After this attempt she spent six months in psychiatric care, Where she was given insulin shock treatment. -
Marriage at last
Got married to Ted Hughes in London. Ted Hughes had a big impact on her writing. Sylvia meet him while attending Smith collage -
becoming a mom
Sylvia gave birth to her first child, Which she soon named Freida. Freida was born in London, England. -
Divorce
Sylvia got divorced to Ted Hughes after a long and hard marriage. They both tried to save it but found it falling apart. Ted Hughes finally left her for another women. Which caused Sylvia to fall into a deep depression. -
Death
Sylvia Plath took her life at a young age she was only thirty years old. She committed suicide by gassing herself in a oven. she sealed the door with towels to prevent her two children from the fumes. -
awarded
Sylvia was awarded the Pulitzer prize for her collected poems. She was the first to receive this award
