Anne Sexton Quotes


Even so, I must admire your skill. You are so gracefully insane.


Citations

Sexton, Anne. To Bedlam and Part Way Back. Houghton Mifflin, 1960.

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Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
  • Born: November 9, 1928
  • Died: October 4, 1974
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet

Anne Sexton was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Her poetry details her long battle with depression, suicidal tendencies, and intimate details from her private life, including relationships with her husband and children, whom it was later alleged she physically and sexually assaulted.