ملف:Sylvia Plath signature (Mademoiselle 1953).svg

English:

• Original source: Mademoiselle, August 1953 issue.
• Instant source: This svg was traced from a PNG created based on a scan tweeted by a Plath biographer and another scan on page 37 of this pdf.

English: The previous version uploaded to Commons, seen below, was sourced from the cover of an uncorrected proof of The Journals of Sylvia Plath. That signature differs significantly from the one found here and may not actually be Plath's signature. Its only source is the cover image itself, taken at face value, without any external reason to interpret the handwritten version of her name as her signature—it could be, but there's not enough information. It seems just as likely that it was merely a design choice to use handwritten lettering. By comparison, the Mademoiselle signature appeared in a magazine feature highlighting young women writers with a photograph of each set beside a distinct signature, making it highly likely that this is Plath's genuine signature.