Support WBURSylvia Plath's Husband, Ted Hughes, Lived A Life Of Poetry And TragedyPlay06:42Download AudioNPR StaffOctober 10, 2015 SharePoet 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)