The Plath family is best known for the poet and novelist Sylvia Plath, who was born in 1932. She had a complex relationship with her parents, Aurelia Plath and Otto Plath, who influenced her literary career. Sylvia's father was a professor of biology, and her mother was a schoolteacher. Sylvia Plath married Ted Hughes, a fellow poet, in 1956, and they had two children, Frieda Hughes and Nicholas Hughes. Their marriage faced challenges, and they eventually separated. Sylvia's struggles with mental health and her tragic death in 1963 have made her an enduring figure in literature.