Anne Sexton

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gptkbp:instanceOf poet
gptkbp:associatedAct The Confessional Poets
The_Boston_Poetry_Scene
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry
gptkbp:born November 9, 1928
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Forest_Hills_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Joy_Sexton
gptkb:Samantha_Sexton
gptkb:Linda_Sexton
gptkbp:died October 4, 1974
gptkbp:education gptkb:Boston_University
gptkbp:famousFor poems about family
poems about love
poems about society
poems about death
poems about identity
poems about motherhood
poems about religion
poems about mental illness
poems about personal trauma
poems about sexuality
gptkbp:genre confessional poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Anne Sexton
gptkbp:influenced poetry
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Robert_Lowell
gptkb:Sylvia_Plath
gptkbp:inspiration modern poets
gptkbp:knownFor feminist themes
autobiographical elements
exploring mental illness
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Awful_Rowing_Toward_God
To Bedlam and Part Way Back
Live or Die
gptkbp:occupation writer
therapist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Newton,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:placeOfDeath _Weston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:relatedTo feminism
mental health advocacy
confessionalism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Maxwell_Sexton
gptkbp:style emotional
intimate
lyrical
gptkbp:website www.annesexton.com