Plath
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Plath is a surname and may refer to:
  • Aurelia Plath
    Aurelia Plath
    Aurelia Plath was the wife of Otto Emile Plath, mother of the American poet, Sylvia Plath, and a son, Warren, and the grandmother of Frieda Hughes and Nicholas Hughes...

     (1907–1994), mother of Sylvia Plath
  • John Plath
    John Plath
    John Plath is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s. He played in all of the Brisbane Broncos' first four grand final wins from the interchange bench and retired as the most-capped Bronco not to have played representative football....

    , Australian rugby league footballer
  • Sylvia Plath
    Sylvia Plath
    Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. Born in Massachusetts, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College, Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a professional poet and writer...

     (1932–1963), American poet, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (also see Sylvia Plath effect
    Sylvia Plath effect
    The Sylvia Plath effect is a term coined by psychologist James C. Kaufman in 2001 to refer to the phenomenon that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers. Kaufman's work further demonstrated that female poets were more likely to suffer from mental illness than any...

    )
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