Plath

Plath is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Aurelia Plath (1907–1994), mother of Sylvia Plath
  • John Plath, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Otto Plath (1885–1940), father of Sylvia Plath and entomologist
  • Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), American poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist
    • Sylvia Plath effect
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Famous quotes containing the word plath:

    A curtain of wax dividing them from the bride flight,
    The upflight of the murderess into a heaven that loves her.
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    I
    Am the arrow,

    The dew that flies
    Suicidal, at one with the drive
    Into the red

    Eye, the cauldron of morning.
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root:
    It is what you fear.
    I do not fear it: I have been there.
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)