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Ted Hughes

Born

in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

August 17, 1930

Died

October 28, 1998

Genre

Poetry, Children's

Influences

Sylvia Plath, T.S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, Samuel ...more

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Edward James Hughes was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984 and held the office until his death. In 2008, The Times ranked Hughes fourth on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
He married fellow poet Sylvia Plath in 1956, and they lived together in the United States and then in England, in a tumultuous relationship. They had two children before separating in 1962 and Plath ended her own life in 1963. ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 52,287 ratings · 4,719 reviews · 373 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Iron Man 3.86 avg rating — 12,668 ratings — published 1968 — 121 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Birthday Letters 3.89 avg rating — 10,359 ratings — published 1998 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow 4.05 avg rating — 4,838 ratings — published 1970 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from Ovid: 24 Passages from the Metamorphoses by Ted Hughes (Translator), Ovid 4.26 avg rating — 2,915 ratings — published 1997 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Poems by Ted Hughes, Paul Keegan (Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 1,369 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hawk in the Rain 3.92 avg rating — 872 ratings — published 1957 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iron Woman (The Iron Man, #2) by Ted Hughes, Andrew Davidson 3.31 avg rating — 839 ratings — published 1993 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ted Hughes: Poems Selected by Simon Armitage by Ted Hughes, Simon Armitage (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 595 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters of Ted Hughes by Ted Hughes, Christopher Reid (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How the Whale Became and Other Stories by Ted Hughes, Jackie Morris (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 1963 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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