Sylvia Plath Research Paper

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Poets and Poetry
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Noel Mains

Biography of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath was known as an American poet, novelist, and a short- story writer. She was born on October 27, 1932. Boston, Massachusetts was where she was born. Her parents Aurelia Schober Plath and Otto Plath were so happy to have a baby girl. Three short years later Sylvia gets to meet her new little brother Warren Plath. Who was born on April 27, 1935. A little later Sylvia and her family moved to Winthrop Massachusetts. This is where her mother grew up when she was a little girl. Sylvia as young as she was (8 years) she published her very first poem in the Boston Herald's Children’s section. Not only was she great at writing she won an award for her paintings in 1947.

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