THE RECEPTION OF SYLVIA PLATH’S POETRY IN SERBIAN CULTURE

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of reception of Sylvia Plath’s work, especially her poetry, in the Serbian culture and literature. Regarding our translated literature, Plath is the most translated author among all the American and English poetesses, but she holds a specific place in other cultures as well, such as German, for example. In this sense, the reception of Sylvia Plath’s oeuvre is representative in relation to the lack of reception of some other authors, but also for the fact that her poetry is being read by the wider reading circles, not just the professional reading public (professors, critics, writers, translators), as is mostly the case with the translated poetry.