AdvertisementSylvia Plath's Husband, Ted Hughes, Lived A Life Of Poetry And Tragedy06:42Download AudioResumeOctober 10, 2015NPR StafffacebookEmailPoet Ted Hughes met Sylvia Plath 1956. "They were both geniuses, says biographer Jonathan Bate. Hughes is shown above on the first day of trout fishing season in April 1986. (Courtesy of Harper)