Assia Wevill
Jewish poet and partner of Ted Hughes (1927-1969)
Assia Esther Wevill (née Gutmann; 15 May 1927 – 23 March 1969) was a German-Israeli woman who fled the Nazis at the outset of the Second World War due to her father's Jewish heritage. She emigrated to Mandatory Palestine via Italy, and later settled in England, where she became romantically involved with the English poet Ted Hughes who was married to American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath. While she was a successful advertising copywriter and a talented translator of poetry, she is mainly remembered in the context of her relationship with Sylvia Plath and Hughes. Early life and marriages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assia_Wevill
Assia Esther Wevill (née Gutmann; 15 May 1927 – 23 March 1969) was a German-Israeli woman who fled the Nazis at the outset of the Second World War due to her father's Jewish heritage. She emigrated to Mandatory Palestine via Italy, and later settled in England, where she became romantically involved with the English poet Ted Hughes who was married to American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath. While she was a successful advertising copywriter and a talented translator of poetry, she is mainly remembered in the context of her relationship with Sylvia Plath and Hughes. Early life and marriages.
