Sylvia Plath

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Overview

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Sylvia Plath born Boston, MA October 27, 1932 (d. 1963). Author, poet, and artist; life-long pacifist. At age of 13, wrote essay “A War to End All Wars”, 1945; “Youth’s Plea for World Peace”, 1950. Called Hiroshima “a sin.” Publicly opposed Korean War.

Quotations

“For me, the real issues of our time are the issues of every time—the hurt and wonder of loving; making in all its forms—children, loaves of bread, paintings, buildings; and the conservation of life of all people in all places, the jeopardizing of which no abstract doubletalk of ‘peace’ or ‘implacable foes’ can excuse.” (London Magazine, 1962; photo britannica.com)