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Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton American poet Anne Sexton, 1967.

Anne Sexton

American poet
Also known as: Anne Harvey
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Anne Sexton (born November 9, 1928, Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 4, 1974, Weston, Massachusetts) was an American poet whose work is noted for its confessional intensity. Her poems addressed many taboo topics and explored familial and intimate relationships through the use of myths and archetypes. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her collection Live or Die (1966). Born Anne Harvey, she attended Garland Junior College in Boston for a year before her marriage in 1948...

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