Sylvia Plath: Career
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Updated: 17 Aug 2017
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Sylvia Plath:
Born on October 27, 1932
in Boston, Massachusetts, USDuring the 1950s, when she just attended
Smith College, she regularly sent out poems
and stories to famous women's magazines,
facing rejection most of the time.In 1953, her short story, “Sunday at the Mintons" won first prize
in a Mademoiselle contest. From this story, she also won a Guest
Editor position at "Mademoiselle" magazine during her month-long
stay in New York City. The important events that took place in this
month are thoroughly covered in her novel, "The Bell Jar."In 1958, Plath took a job as a receptionist in the psychiatric unit
of Massachusetts General Hospital and in the evening sat in on
creative writing seminars given by poet Robert Lowell.Starting in October 1962,
Sylvia Plath wrote the most
praised and well-known
poems, published as
the “Collected Poems”.1981, she recieved the Pultzier
prize for the Collected Poems.Periods
Sylvia Plath was a star student,
making straight A's throughout
high school.
She excelled in English, particularly
creative writing. Even in her youth,
she was driven to succeed as a
poet.After her marriage, Plath was offered a teaching position in Freshman
English at Smith's College. She laboured day in and day out, while being
a housewife and typing manuscripts of Ted Hughes's poems. She still did
not stop writing her own poems.This was when Plath began to conceive of herself as a
more serious, focused poet and short-story writer.
She also published many of her works and received prizes
at this stage in her life.
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