Julia Reynolds
Anne Sexton Biography
Anne Sexton was an American poet, known for her highly personal, confessional style. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967. Themes of her poetry include her suicidal tendencies, long battle against depression and various details from her private life. Anne Sexton was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and spent most of her life near Boston. In 1945, Sexton attended the boarding school, Rogers Hall, in Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1948 she eloped with Alfred Muller Sexton, known as 'Kayo.' She had two children with Kayo before their divorce, Linda Gray Sexton and Joyce Sexton. Sexton suffered from severe mental illness most of her life and had her first manic episode in 1954. In 1955 she had her second
Anne Sexton Biography
Anne Sexton was an American poet, known for her highly personal, confessional style. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967. Themes of her poetry include her suicidal tendencies, long battle against depression and various details from her private life. Anne Sexton was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and spent most of her life near Boston. In 1945, Sexton attended the boarding school, Rogers Hall, in Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1948 she eloped with Alfred Muller Sexton, known as 'Kayo.' She had two children with Kayo before their divorce, Linda Gray Sexton and Joyce Sexton. Sexton suffered from severe mental illness most of her life and had her first manic episode in 1954. In 1955 she had her second