Frieda Hughes
English-Australian poet and painter (born 1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frieda Rebecca Hughes (born 1 April 1960)[1] is an English-Australian poet and painter. She has published seven children's books, four poetry collections and one short story and has had many exhibitions.[2] Hughes is the daughter of Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist and poet Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1984 until his death in 1998.
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Frieda Hughes | |
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Born | Frieda Rebecca Hughes (1960-04-01) 1 April 1960 (age 64) London, England |
Nationality | British – Australian (dual citizenship) |
Education | Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design |
Known for | Painting, poetry |
Spouses | Desmond Dawe
(m. 1979; div. 1982)Clive Anderson (divorced)Laszlo Lukacs
(m. 1996; div. 2010) |
Parent(s) | Ted Hughes Sylvia Plath |
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