Sylvia Plath

Writers Who Committed Suicide (27 person items)

"American poet, Sylvia Plath, suffered from extreme bipolar disorder and had to take anti-depressants all her life. Her first suicide attempt was when she was in her sophomore year at Smith College. She, however, graduated as a very successful young woman. In 1963, she left milk and cookies for her little kids, taped the door to make sure the gas couldn’t leak into their room, and committed suicide by putting her head into the oven."

Great Gals (17 person items)

"“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited.” “I have stitched life into me like a rare organ” “Life has been some combination of fairy-tale coincidence and joie de vivre and shocks of beauty together with some hur"

Famous Writers Who Also Made Art (8 art items)

" "Sylvia Plath’s (1932-1963) paintings and drawings made as an art student at Smith College in Massachusetts are decidedly un-Bell Jar, vibrant and almost joyous. Yet, there’s a certain common thread in her descriptive literary style and the self-reflexive complexity and its structured chaos. All of these were made before she turned 20 and decided to concentrate on her writing." http://flavorwire.com/221252/a-brief-survey-of-famous-writers-who-also-made-art"