Edward James Hughes Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Edward James "Ted" Hughes, OM (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children's writer. Critics routinely rank him as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death.Hughes was married to American poet Sylvia Plath, from 1956 until her suicide in 1963 at the age of 30. His part in the relationship became controversial to some feminists and (particularly) American admirers of Plath. His last poetic work, Birthday Letters (1998), explored their complex relationship. These poems make reference to Plath's suicide, but none of them addresses directly the circumstances of her death. A poem discovered in October 2010, Last letter, describes what happened during the three days leading up to Plath's suicide.In 2008 The Times ranked Hughes fourth on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Costa Book of the Year, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Nominations
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Nebula Award for Best Script, Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Movies
The Iron Giant, Crow
Star Sign
Leo
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Fact
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His sister Olwyn Hughes (26 August 1928; died 3 January 2016) was his agent and also of Jean Rhys. She is portrayed in Janet Malcolm's book on Sylvia Plath'The Silent Woman (1994).
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Co-founder, with Patrick Garland, of the "Poetry International Foundation".
After Plath's suicide, Hughes and his children moved into the flat of his lover, Assia Wevill. They had a daughter, Alexandra Tatiana Eloise (Shura) Wevill, on 3 March 1965. Tragically, Assia killed herself along with Shura on 25 March 1969 in much the same manner Plath did: she dragged a bed into the kitchen, sealed the door and window, dissolved sleeping pills in a glass of water and gave them to Shura, took the rest of the pills, turned on the gas stove, got into the bed with Shura, and cradled the child in her arms.
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Three children: Frieda Rebecca, Nicholas Farrar (with Sylvia Plath), and Shura (with Assia Wevill).
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He wrote a book shortly after Sylvia Plath's suicide, to comfort his children, called "The Iron Man", which was later turned into an animated Warner Brother's film, The Iron Giant (1999).
In 1966, Hughes' lover, Assia Wevill, moved in with him and they had a daughter, Alexandra (Shura) Hughes in 1967. Tragically, Assia killed herself along with Shura in March 1969, in much the same manner that Hughes' first wife, Sylvia Plath, committed suicide.
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Educated at Mexborough Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.
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Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death in 1998.
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Appointed a Member of the Order of Merit in 1998.
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Renowned for his violent, foreboding poems on animals
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Crow
2014/I
Short writer
The Colossus
2010
Short writer
The Rain Horse
2008
Short story
The Iron Giant
1999
based on the book "The Iron Man" by
Jackanory
TV Series novel - 2 episodes, 1972 - 1994 short stories - 1 episode, 1995
$600,000
