The great American
poet Sylvia Plath loved Sherry. Born in Massachusetts in 1932, she died at her own hand in 1963 after suffering
from depression and a difficult marriage to the famous English poet Ted Hughes.
She is best known for her collections The Colossus and Ariel, though she also
wrote short stories and a novel.
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| Sylvia Plath (foto:biography.com) Thanks also to JL Jimenez |
There are many references to Sherry in her work
and journals. At a New Year party she enjoyed an “immense amount of sweet
Sherry” and on another occasion she said “I drink Sherry by myself because I
like it and I get the sensuous feeling of indulgence… luxury, bliss,
erotic-tinged.” Sherry was also enjoyed with literary guests: “We drink Sherry
in the garden and read poems”.
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