On October 27, 2012, the American author Sylvia Plath would have turned 80 years old. In 1963, at the age of thirty, she took her own life in London. During her brief career, Sylvia Plath was extraordinarily productive. She was considered a child prodigy, publishing short stories and poems by the age of 17. She led an intense life, full of desires and expectations, driven by immense ambition, torn between the pressure to conform to the American societal ideals of a perfect housewife, mother, and wife, and the desire for public recognition as a writer. Today, Sylvia Plath is regarded as one of the most significant American authors of the 20th century. In her impressive narratives, Plath writes about women and female consciousness: from little girls experiencing their first sorrow over the irretrievable.