Assia Wevill
German poet and partner of Ted Hughes (1927-1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Assia Esther Wevill (née Gutmann; 15 May 1927 – 23 March 1969) was a German-Jewish woman who escaped the Nazis at the beginning of World War II and emigrated to Mandatory Palestine, via Italy, then later England, where she had an affair with the English poet Ted Hughes. While she was a successful advertising copywriter and a talented translator of poetry, she is mainly remembered in the context of her relationship with Sylvia Plath and Hughes.
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Assia Wevill | |
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Born | Assia Esther Gutmann (1927-05-15)15 May 1927 Berlin, Germany |
Died | 23 March 1969(1969-03-23) (aged 41) Lambeth, Greater London, England |
Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
Spouses | John Steele
(m. 1947; div. 1949) |
Partner | Ted Hughes (1962–1969) |
Children | 1 |
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