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John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the " confessional " school of poetry.
A scholar and professor as well as a poet, John Berryman is best-known for The Dream Songs (1969), an intensely personal sequence of 385 poems which brought him the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
John Berryman (born Oct. 25, 1914, McAlester, Okla., U.S.—died Jan. 7, 1972, Minneapolis, Minn.) was a U.S. poet whose importance was assured by the publication in 1956 of the long poem Homage to Mistress Bradstreet.
Consider the case of John Berryman, born in October 1914, who won the Pulitzer Prize half a century later for his exhilarating 77 Dream Songs and, in 1969, the National Book Award for 308...
John Berryman was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who created the alter egos "Henry" and "Mr. Bones" in his famous Dream Songs. Learn about his life, influences, and works on this web page.
Oct 12, 2020 · The poet John Berryman was born in 1914, in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was educated at Columbia and then in England, where he studied at Cambridge, met W. H. Auden and Dylan Thomas, and lit...
Oct 30, 2014 · The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "77 Dream Songs" was a troubled and influential figure in American poetry. Learn about his life, work, and legacy from Harvard Gazette and Professor Stephen Burt.
