Sylvia plath

The Bell Jar - By Sylvia Plath

By Kiana Debus

  • Sylvia Plath was born

    Boston, Mass. to parents Auerlia and Otto

  • Her first poem was published

    Boston Herald's childrens section

  • Received the Scholastic Arts and Writing Award

  • Graduated from Bradford Senior High School

  • Started Smith College

  • Awarded position of guest editor at Madamoiselle magazine

  • Attempted suicide by using sleeping pills

  • Graduated Smith College

    She graduated college with high honors and received scholarships to Cambridge University

  • Sylvia Plath got married to Ted Hughes

  • Began her teaching career at Smith College

  • Moved to Boston with her husband

    She took writing classes taught by Robert Lowell

  • "The Colossus" was published

    Sylvia Plath's first poetry collection was called "The Colossus"

  • "The Bell Jar"

    This was the year Sylvia Plath wrote "The Bell Jar"

  • Sylvia Plath commited suicide

    She killed herself by inhaling gas (carbon monoxide)

  • "The Bell Jar" was published

    It was published under the pen name of Victoria Lucas

  • Pulitzer Prize Award

    She was the first poet to win the award after her death for her poems called "The Collected Poems"