SP
's father, Otto Plath
, died from complications after amputation surgery; he had left his diabetes too long undiagnosed, and it resulted in his death.
Plath, Aurelia, and Sylvia Plath. “Introduction”. Letters Home: Correspondence 1950-1963, Harper and Row, 1975, pp. 3-40.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia's father, Otto Plath
, was a professor of entomology at Boston University
. He met Aurelia when he taught her German there.
Hayman, Ronald. The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath. Heinemann, 1991.
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From his position almost a generation older than his wife, he...