Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Her poetry details her long battle with bipolar disorder, suicidal tendencies, and intimate details from her private life, including relationships with her husband and children, whom one daughter later alleged she had physically and sexually abused.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Newton
- Educated at
- Boston UniversityGarland Junior College
- Awards
- 🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship🏆 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry🏆 Shelley Memorial Award
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Trending topics shown first"Watch out for intellect,because it knows so much it knows nothingand leaves you hanging upside down,mouthing knowledge as your heartfalls out of your mouth."
"Do you like me?”No answer.Silence bounced, fell off his tongueand sat between usand clogged my throat.It slaughtered my trust.It tore cigarettes out of my mouth.We exchanged blind words,and I did not …"
"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was."
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1928
Born
Birth1974
Died
Death
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