Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes was born in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, England on August 17, 1930.
* He studied archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge University.
* His first book of poetry, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957.
* He married Sylvia Plath in 1956 and they had two children together.
* Plath died by suicide in 1963.
* Hughes was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in 1984.
* He died in London on October 28, 1998.
* He is considered one of the most important poets of the 20th century.
* His work is characterized by its use of myth, folklore, and nature imagery.