Assia Wevill

Assia Wevill (1927-1969). Born in Berlin, of German, Russian, and Jewish descent, Wevill is the woman for whom Ted Hughes left his wife Sylvia Plath. Wevill?s third husband was the Canadian poet David Wevill. She was the daughter of a Jewish physician of Russian origin and spent her youth in Tel Aviv and Canada, and had worked in the advertising industry. A refugee from Germany after the beginning of World War II, Assia was herself an aspiring poet. She began her affair with Hughes after 1961 when he and Plath took up residence in Devon, which continued after Plath committed suicide.

Sources

• The People in Sylvia Plath's Life (contains a picture of Assia Wevill)