Ted Hughes
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Edward James Hughes was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.
Hughes c. 1977
Hughes's birthplace in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire
The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre, Lumb Bank – an 18th-century mill-owner's house, once Hughes's home
Lumb Bank in the Calder Valley
Sylvia Plath
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Sylvia Plath was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and her works include The Colossus and Other Poems, Ariel, and The Bell Jar, a semi-autobi
Ted Hughes
…his death. In 2008, The Times ranked Hughes fourth on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Hughes married fellow poet, American Sylvia Plath, in 1956. They lived together in the United States and then in England, in a tumultuous relationship. They had two children before separating in 1962…
Sylvia Plath
Sidgwick Hall at Newnham College, Cambridge
Plath's stay at McLean Hospital inspired her novel The Bell Jar
Chalcot Square, near Primrose Hill in London, Plath and Hughes's home from 1959