On October 29, 1932 Silvia Plath was born to Emil Otto Plath and Arelia Schober Plath. They lived in Boston at the time. Right from the start her life had a lot of ups and downs. When Sylvia was eight her father died of diabetes. In high school she was at the top of her class in English and she received a scholarship. Sylvia had lot of success in school and had a family with a man named Ted Hughes. Despite her success she had many attempts to take her own life.
When Sylvia was born her father was already ill with diabetes. Her dad wanted a boy so he was disappointed when she was born. Three years later her parents ha