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Bookmark or Share- Anne Sexton | Biography, Poems, Transformations, & FactsAnne Sexton, American poet whose work is noted for its confessional intensity. She won a Pulitzer Prize for Live or Die. Other collections include To Bedlam and Part Way Back, All My Pretty Ones, Transformations, and The Awful Rowing Toward God. Learn more about Sexton’s life and work.
- Anne Sexton: “The Truth the Dead Know” - Poetry FoundationThe Pulitzer Prize–winning 1966 collection Live or Die prepared the way for The Death Notebooks (1974) and The Awful Rowing Toward God (posthumous, 1975). Her poems include “The Hangman,” “Imitations of Drowning,” “Suicide Note,” “Godfather Death,” “For Mr. Death Who Stands With His Door Open,” and “ Wanting to Die .”.
- Anne Sexton - WikipediaAnne Sexton (born Anne Gray Harvey; November 9, 1928 – October 4, 1974) was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die.
- 10 of the Best Anne Sexton Poems Everyone Should Read1. ‘ You, Doctor Martin ’. This 1960 poem draws on Sexton’s experiences of being treated by psychiatrists. Indeed, this poem is addressed to Dr Martin Orne, who treated Sexton. In irregular stanzas, the poet describes his regular routine, which contrasts sharply with the inner turmoil and chaos of his patients.
- Anne Sexton | Modern American PoetryBorn Anne Gray Harvey in Newton, Massachusetts, the child of a wool merchant, Sexton's family lived in Boston suburbs and spent the summers on Squirrel Island, Maine. She married Alfred Sexton in 1948. Experiencing severe depression after her daughters were born in 1953 and 1955, she attempted suicide in 1956.
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