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Assia Esther Wevill (née Gutmann; 15 May 1927 – 23 March 1969) was a German-Jewish woman who escaped the Nazis at the beginning of World War II and emigrated to Mandatory Palestine, via Italy, then later England, where she had an affair with the English poet Ted Hughes.
Assia Wevill (ur. 15 maja 1927 w Berlinie, zm. 23 marca 1969 w Londynie) – była żona poety Davida Wevilla, a następnie partnerka poety Teda Hughesa [1]. Życiorys. Dzieciństwo spędziła w Berlinie i Tel Awiwie. Jej ojciec był Żydem, matka luteranką [2].
Assia Wevill (ur. 15 maja 1927 w Berlinie, zm. 23 marca 1969 w Londynie) – była żona poety Davida Wevilla, a następnie partnerka poety Teda Hughesa. Życiorys. Dzieciństwo spędziła w Berlinie i Tel Awiwie. Jej ojciec był Żydem, matka luteranką.
Assia Esther Wevill was a Jewish poet and literary translator born in Berlin, Germany. She published poetry under her maiden name, Assia Gutmann, and she translated the Hebrew poetry of Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai into English.
Find out more. The excruciatingly painful end of this fascinating biography – Assia Wevill would gas herself and Shura, her daughter by Ted Hughes, to death – overshadows everything we can...
This first biography of Assia Wevill views afresh the Plath-Hughes relationship and at the same time, recounts the journey that shaped her life. Wevill's is a complex story, formed as it...
A lover of unreason, the first biography of Assia Wevill, views afresh the Plath-Hughes marriage with a keen, revisionary eye, and at the same time, recounts the journey that shaped her life....
