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Sexton, Anne (sh)




orig. Anne Gray Harvey

born Nov. 9, 1928, Newton, Mass., U.S.
died Oct. 4, 1974, Weston, Mass.

U.S. poet.

She worked as a model, librarian, and teacher. Her first book of poetry, To Bedlam and Part Way Back (1960), examines her mental breakdowns and subsequent recoveries with confessional intensity. She continued probing her personal life in All My Pretty Ones (1962) and Live or Die (1966, Pulitzer Prize). Her other works include the nonfiction collection No Evil Star (1985). She died a suicide. Several volumes of poetry were published posthumously.