The poems in Sylvia Plath's "Ariel", including many of her best-known such as "Lady Lazarus", "Daddy" and "Fever 103 degrees", were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, "The Colossus", and her death in 1963.

About the Author

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship, where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime, The Colossus (1960), and a novel, The Bell Jar (1963). Her Collected Poems, which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Prizes

One of six wonderful collections published in celebration of Faber's rich poetry heritage.