Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) is the largest American poetess of the second half of the 20th century, whose name is associated with a “confessional”, sharply biographical style of writing, and her image and fate have become one of the “legends” of modern Western culture. The complete corpus of Plath's poems (translated by V. Betaki) is accompanied by detailed comments: biographical, purely personal (by the poet Ted Hughes, S. Plath's husband) and clarifying cultural realities unfamiliar to the Russian reader (E. Kassel). For the first time in the "Additions" section, the poetess's prose is published - three essays. CONTENTS: SYLVIA PLATH. COLLECTED POEMS EDITED BY TED HUGHES Ted Hughes. Preface (Translation by E.V. Kassel) (7). Sylvia Plath. Poems 1956-1963 (Translation by V.P. Betaki) (13). Ted Hughes. Commentary on the poems of Sylvia Plath 1956-1963. (Translation by E.V. Cassel) (263). Ted Hughes. List of poems included in the previously published Poetry Collections of Sylvia Plath (Translation by E.V. Kassel) (281). Sylvia Plath. Youth poems (Translation by V. Betaki) (283). ADDITIONS Sylvia Plath. Essay (Translation by E.V. Kassel) (295). APPENDICES E.V. Kassel. Sylvia Plath: life and work (307). T.D. Benediktova. Sylvia Plath: poetry of pain (344). Notes (Compiled by E.V. Kassel) (358). Index of English titles of Sylvia Plath's poems 1956-1963. (397).List of illustrations (403).LIST of ILLUSTRATIONS: BLACK AND WHITE PASTE Sylvia Plath. Photo by Rollie McKenna. 1959. Frontispiece. Sylvia Plath. 1952. Sylvia in her school years. Otto Plath (Sylvia’s father). Sylvia with her mother Aurelia and brother Warren. Circa 1950 Sylvia Plath in Cambridge, England. 1956: Sylvia interviews Elisabeth Bowen for Mademoiselle magazine. Summer 1953 Sylvia Plath shortly before graduating from school. 1950. Sylvia on the beach. Circa 1952 Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. 1956. Sylvia and Ted in Yorkshire. England. 1956. Sylvia with her children Frida and Nicholas. Circa 1962 Sylvia and Ted. December 1959 Sylvia in Paris. 1956. COLOR PLAKER Giorgio de Chirico. Conversation among the ruins. 1927 (see the poem of the same name by S. Plath, No. 1). Giorgio de Chirico. Disturbing muses. 1925 (see S. Plath’s poem “The Muses Are Captured,” No. 60). Giorgio de Chirico. The riddle of the oracle. 1910 (see S. Plath’s poem “The Grinding of Oracles”, No. 63). Henri Rousseau. Snake charmer. 1907 (see the poem of the same name by S. Plath, No. 64). Paul Klee. Virgo at the top of the tree. 1903 (see the poem of the same name by S. Plath, No. 66). Paul Klee. Battle scene from the comic opera fantasy "The Sailor". 1923 (see S. Plath’s poem “Battle Canvas”, No. 68). Henri Rousseau. Dream, 1910 (see the poem by S. Plath “Jadwiga on a red couch among the lilies”, No. 69). Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The triumph of death. 1562 (see S. Plath’s poem “Two Views of Anatomy,” No. 99).