Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes (Hardcover, 1998)

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Author:Ted Hughes. They were written over a period of more than 25 years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963. Book Binding:Hardback. Prizes:Winner of T S Eliot Prize 1999 Winner of Whitbread Prize (Poetry) 1998 Winner of Forward Poetry Prize: Best Collection 1998 Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Poetry Category 1998 Winner of Forward Poetry Prize 1998 Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 1998.

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Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters are addressed, with just two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom he was married. 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. The book became an instant bestseller on its publication in 1998 and won the Forward Prize for Poetry in the same year.

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PublisherFaber & Faber
ISBN-139780571194728
eBay Product ID (ePID)91244348

Product Key Features

Book TitleBirthday Letters
AuthorTed Hughes
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature, Poetry
Publication Year1998
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages208 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height223mm
Item Width145mm

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Title_AuthorTed Hughes
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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  • Amazing book!

    Ted Hughes is my favourite poet, from the minute I first read Bayonet Charge. I’ve always been interested in his life and his marriage with Sylvia Plath and ‘Birthday Letters’ gives me an insight into that. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, Ted Hughes fan or not. He’s an extraordinary poet, one of my main poetic inspirations.

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  • An indispensable collection of poems

    A remarkable and very readable sequence which is absolutely absorbing and poignant.

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  • An Important Collection

    A seminal work by a seminal writer. Very emotional and revelatory in discussing his relationship with Sylvia Plath leading up to her death. Certainly worthwhile for fans of both Hughes and Plath.

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