SYLVIA PLATH: Plath wrote poetry from the age of eight and by the time she arrived at Cambridge University she had written over 50 short stories and was published in a raft of magazines. What followed was a stunning career featuring award after award, but it was her 1965 collection Ariel, published after her suicide, on which Plaths reputation essentially rests. One of the most dynamic and admired writers of the twentieth century she was the driving force behind confessional poetry. A true genius, troubled to the point of taking her own incredible life at the age of just 30. More here: shortlist/entertainment/books/the-50-coolest-authors-of-all-time
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:04:17 +0000