Dick Norton

Sylvia Plath and Man at Yale[[1]]

Born: September 28, 1929

Died: June 9, 2022

Dick Norton came from Yale University in 1952 to cure at the New York State Hospital at Ray Brook. He was the boyfriend of world-famous poet [Plath]; he was fictionalized as “Buddy” in [Bell Jar]. Sylvia visited Dick here and on one occasion she broke her leg when they went skiing on Mount Pisgah. 

 

External link:

• [Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume 1: 1940-1956]