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Otto Emil Plath (April 13, 1885 – November 5, 1940) was a German-American writer, academic, and biologist. Plath worked as a professor of biology and German language at Boston University and as an entomologist, with a specific expertise on bumblebees.
Aug 30, 2018 · How did Otto Plath, a German immigrant and academic, influence his daughter Sylvia's life and poetry? Mark Anspach, an anthropologist, explores the role of Otto's death, his sadism, and his example in Sylvia's repeated attempts to end her own life.
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Aug 20, 2012 · Newly released FBI files on Sylvia Plath’s father, Otto, corroborate Plath’s pro-Nazi characterization of him in her 1958 poem, “Daddy” ("Panzer-man, panzer-man, O You— / Not God but a swastika”) by describing him as “pro-German” with a “morbid disposition."
Explore how Plath's father, a prominent entomologist, influenced her life and work through his absence and presence. Read her poems that express her love, anger, fear, and resentment towards him.
Learn about the life and poetry of Sylvia Plath, one of the most dynamic and admired poets of the 20th century. Her father was Otto Plath, a German immigrant college professor, and her husband was Ted Hughes, another renowned poet.
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Otto Emil Plath (April 13, 1885 – November 5, 1940) was a German-American writer, academic, and biologist. Plath worked as a professor of biology and German language at Boston University and as an entomologist, with a specific expertise on bumblebees.
