Ted Hughes

Edward James Hughes, OM referred to normally as Ted Hughes (August 17, 1930 – October 28, 1998) was an English poet and children's writer. He is considered by some to be one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was Poet Laureate in England from 1984 until his death. He was also famously married from 1956?63 to the American poetess Sylvia Plath and was believed by many feminists to have helped to cause Plath's suicide (and also his lover Assia Wevill's suicide). He explored his complex relationship with Plath in his last book of poems, Birthday Letters (1998).

Early life

Hughes was born on August 17, 1930 in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire and raised among the farms in the area. According to Hughes, "My first six years shaped everything." http://www.zeta.org.au/~annskea/timeline.htm. When Hughes was seven his family moved to Mexborough, Yorkshire, where they ran a newspaper and tobacco shop.

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