Frieda Hughes

Frieda Rebecca Hughes (born April 1, 1960) is an English-born Australian poet and painter. She is the daughter of late poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. She has published four collections of poetry and also several children's books, and her work has been featured in many exhibitions.

Personal Life
Frieda is the daughter of famous American poet Sylvia Plath, whom is now regarded as one of the most influential poets of the 20th century for her work in confessional poetry, and English poet Ted Hughes, whom was a poet laureate from 1984 until his death in 1998.

Her mother suffered from major depression during her life and it all accumulated her suicide in 1963, of which was heavily publicized in newpapers and tabloids. Her father had an affair with Assia Wevill until her eventual suicide in 1967 which she took her own life and the life of their baby; soon afer Ted remarried Carol Orchard in 1970 and the relationship lasted until his death in 1998 due to complications relating to colon cancer.