Ted Hughes (1930-1998), Poet Laureate
Edward James ('Ted') Hughes
Sitter in 14 portraits
Poet born in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire. Won scholarship to Pembroke College, Cambridge. His poems reflect the violence of nature and animal life. Best-known works include The Hawk in the Rain (1957), Crow (1970), the translation, Tales from Ovid (1997) and numerous children's stories and plays including The Iron Man (1968). From 1984 until his death he was Poet Laureate. Hughes was married to the American writer, Sylvia Plath from 1956 to 1963, when she committed suicide. The relationship inspired a late collection of poems Birthday Letters (1998).
by Barrie Cooke
oil on board, 1980-1983
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, 1959
NPG x137160
by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, 23 June 1960
NPG x88256
by (John) Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith
bromide print, May 1970
NPG x18665
by Anne-Katrin Purkiss
bromide print, July 1990
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