Note: None of Sylvia Plath's poems are reproduced in whole on any part of this site. Doing so would violate US Copyright laws.

Writings by Sylvia Plath:

The Colossus (1960) Sylvia's first book of poems.

The Bell Jar (1963-UK) Sylvia's first and only novel, initially published a month before her death. (Rumour is that she was working on a second novel which mysteriously disappeared after her death)

Ariel (1965-UK) Sylvia's second book of poems, published posthumously.

Winter Trees (1971) A collection of poems, published posthumously

Crossing the Water (1971) A collection of poems, including poems originally excluded from the first Colossus edition, published posthumously.

Letters Home: Correspondence 1950-63 (1975) A collection of Sylvia's letters, selected by her mother, Aurelia Schober Plath.

Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (1977) Short stories and prose, edited by Ted Hughes.

Collected Poems (1981) A large collection of poems which won Sylvia the Pulitzer Prize in 1982.

The Journals of Sylvia Plath (1982)