What is Anne Sexton?
{{sources|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox writer | name = Anne Sexton | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|11|9|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Newton, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1974|10|4|1928|11|9|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Weston, Massachusetts]], U.S. | occupation = Poet | nationality = American | children = [[Linda Gray Sexton]], Joyce Ladd Sexton | genre = [[Confessional poetry]] }} '''Anne Sexton''' (November 9, 1928 - October 4, 1974) was an [[Americans|American]] novelist, poetry and children's book writer. She wrote primarily about topics like [[mental illness]] and severe depression. She was born near [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. She later committed suicide by way of [[carbon monoxide]] poisoning. She was 45. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sexton, Anne}} [[Category:Writers who committed suicide]] [[Category:Deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning]] [[Category:Writers from Massachusetts]] [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:1974 deaths]] [[Category:Suicides by gas]] {{us-bio-stub}}