Date of Birth
17 August 1930,
Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, England, UK
28 October 1998,
Devon,
England,
UK (cancer)
Edward James Hughes
Height
6' 6" (1.98 m)
Spouse
Trivia
Renowned for his violent, foreboding poems on animals
Appointed a Member of the Order of Merit in 1998.
Poet Laureate from 1984 until his Death in 1998.
Educated at Mexborough Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.
In 1966 Hughes' lover, Assia Wevill, moved in with him and they had a daughter, Alexandra (Shura) Hughues in 1967. Tragically, Assia killed herself along with Shura in March 1969, in much the same manner that Hughes' first wife, Sylvia Plath, committed suicide.
Widower of the American poet Sylvia Plath
He wrote a book shortly after Sylvia Plath's suicide, to comfort his children, called "The Iron Man", which was later turned into an animated Warner Brother's film, The Iron Giant (1999).
Three children: Frieda Rebecca, Nicholas Farrar (with Sylvia Plath), and Shura (with Assia Wevill). A biography of Hughes maintains he also had a child by Brenda Hedden, a former social worker.
After Plath's suicide, Hughes and his children moved into the flat of his lover, Assia Wevill. They had a daughter, Alexandra Tatiana Eloise (Shura) Wevill, on 3 March 1965. Tragically, Assia killed herself along with Shura on 25 March 1969 in much the same manner Plath did: she dragged a bed into the kitchen, sealed the door and window, dissolved sleeping pills in a glass of water and gave them to Shura, took the rest of the pills, turned on the gas stove, got into the bed with Shura, and cradled the child in her arms.
Is portrayed by Daniel Craig in Sylvia (2003)
