Sylvia Plath bibliography


Sylvia Plath was an American author and poet. Plath is primarily known for her poetry, but earned her greatest reputation for her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar, published pseudonymously as weeks before her death.

Poems

Plath published dozens of poems, including:

Prose

Plath published only one book in her lifetime—the novel The Bell Jar—but several collected editions of her poetry, short stories, letters, and children's books were published posthumously.

Letters and Journals

Several of Plath's letters and her personal journals were published after her death. Her early diaries which she started at the age of 11 on 1 January 1944 and wrote till December 1949 remain unpublished. Most of her manuscripts are held at Smith College and Indiana University libraries.
  • Letters Home: Correspondence 1950–1963, edited by Aurelia Schober Plath
  • The Journals of Sylvia Plath, edited by Ted Hughes and Frances McCullough
  • The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, edited by Karen V. Kukil
  • The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume I: 1940-1956, edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil
  • The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume II: 1956-1963, edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil

Poetry

There are several limited-edition collections of Plath's work. Significant compilations include:

Others

Plath Reads Plath – 1975, Released as a gramophone record by Credo Records and on Compact Disc by Harper Audio in 2000