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Ted Hughes


Born
in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom
August 17, 1930

Died
October 28, 1998

Genre
Poetry, Children's

Influences
Sylvia Plath, T.S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, Samuel ...more


Edward James Hughes was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984 and held the office until his death. In 2008, The Times ranked Hughes fourth on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
He married fellow poet Sylvia Plath in 1956, and they lived together in the United States and then in England, in a tumultuous relationship. They had two children before separating in 1962 and Plath ended her own life in 1963. ...more

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Birthday Letters
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The Hawk in the Rain
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Letters of Ted Hughes
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“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
― Ted Hughes, Letters of Ted Hughes
tags: fear, heart, love, regret
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“What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.”
― Ted Hughes
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“Nobody wanted your dance,
Nobody wanted your strange glitter, your floundering
Drowning life and your effort to save yourself,
Treading water, dancing the dark turmoil,
Looking for something to give.”
― Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters
tags: dancing, drowning, poetry
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