Anne Sexton Biography

Anne Sexton biography

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NAME: Anne Sexton
OCCUPATION: Poet
BIRTH DATE: November 09, 1928
DEATH DATE: October 04, 1974
EDUCATION: Boston University, The Garland School
PLACE OF BIRTH: Newton, Massachusetts
PLACE OF DEATH: Weston, Massachusetts
Maiden Name: Anne Gray Harvey
Full Name: Anne Sexton

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Poet Anne Sexton wrote the collections To Bedlam and Part Way Back, as well as Live or Die, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize. She committed suicide in 1974.

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Anne Sexton was born on November 9, 1928, in Newton, Massachusetts. Suffering from depression, she published her first book of poetry, To Bedlam and Part Way Back, in 1960. In 1967, she won the Pulitzer Prize and the Shelley Memorial Prize for her poetry collection Live or Die. She also published the book Transformations in 1971. Sexton committed suicide on October 4, 1974, in Weston, Massachusetts.