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John Berryman
John Allyn McAlpin Berryman is an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was an important figure in American poetry in the second half of the twentieth century and is considered a key figure in the poetry school. His most famous works are The Songs of Dreams.
BornJohn Allyn Smith, Jr, October 25, 1914, McAlester, Oklahoma
DiedJanuary 7, 1972, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Occupationpoet
Alma materColumbia University
Period1942–1972
Literary movementConfessional poetry
Notable worksThe Dream Songs
Notable awardsNational Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Bollingen Prize
SpouseEileen Simpson (1942-1956), divorced, Ann Levine (1956-1959), divorced, Kate Donahue (1961-1972)

About John Berryman

Poet John Berryman was born in Oklahoma, United States on October 25, 1914. He dies at the age of 57, on January 7, 1972.

Confessional poet best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning work The Dream Songs, published in 1969. His Toy, His Dream, His Rest, The Dispossessed, and Delusions, Etc. are among his other works.

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John Berryman before becoming famous

John Berryman was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1914 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Tiger (兎).

A banker father and a schoolteacher mother raised him in Oklahoma and Florida. Berryman's father committed suicide when he was twelve years old.

Achievement of John Berryman

He was a professor at Harvard, Princeton, and Brown, among other schools.

John Berryman's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He struggled with alcoholism and had three unsuccessful marriages. In 1972, he committed suicide by jumping off a Minneapolis bridge.

John Berryman Collabed with

He penned a biography of Novelist Stephen Crane, the author.

John Berryman Income & Net worth

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