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Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 - February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Known primarily for her poetry, Plath also wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar , under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The book's protagonist, Esther Greenwood, is a bright, ambitious Smith College student who begins to experience a breakdown while interning for a fashion magazine in New York. This parallels Plath's experience interning at Mademoiselle magazine and her own subsequent mental breakdown and suicide attempt. Along with Anne Sexton, Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry that Robert Lowell and W.D. Snodgrass initiated.
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