Birthday Letters

Informationen zum Autor Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain , was published in 1957 by Faber & Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid and Birthday Letters . He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit. Klappentext They were written over a period of more than twenty-five years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963, and represent Ted Hughes's only account of his relationship with Plath and of the psychological drama that led both to the writing of her greatest poems and to her death. Birthday Letters is Ted Hughes's bestselling collection of poems exploring his marriage to Sylvia Plath. Zusammenfassung They were written over a period of more than twenty-five years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963, and represent Ted Hughes's only account of his relationship with Plath and of the psychological drama that led both to the writing of her greatest poems and to her death.

Product details

• Authors: Ted Hughes
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.01.2002
• EAN: 9780571194735
• ISBN: 978-0-571-19473-5
• No. of pages: 197
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Coping with death & bereavement, Dating, relationships, living together & marriage, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, Coping with death and bereavement, Modern & contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)