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Diane middlebrook anne sexton biography
Diane Middlebrook
American poet ()
Diane Middlebrook | |
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| Born | Diane Helen Wood April 16, Pocatello, Idaho, U.S. |
| Died | December 15, (age 68) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Genre | Biography |
| Notable works | Anne Sexton, A Biography () Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton () Her Husband: Ted Hughes & Sylvia Plath, a Marriage () |
Diane Helen Middlebrook (néeWood; April 16, &#; December 15, )[1] was an American biographer, poet, and teacher.
She taught feminist studies for many years at Stanford University. She wrote critically acclaimed biographies of poets Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath (along with Plath's husband Ted Hughes), and jazz musician Billy Tipton.[2]
Early life
Middlebrook was born Diane Helen Wood in Pocatello, Idaho, the oldest of three daughters.[3][4] Her parents were teenagers when she was born.
In , when Diane was five, the family mo