John Berryman Writer

John Allyn Berryman (October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry. His best-known work is The Dream Songs.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Smith John Allyn (birth name)
Birth date	October 25, 1914
Birth name	John Allyn Smith Jr.
Birth place	McAlester Oklahoma
Date of death	January 07, 1972
Place of death	Minnesota , Minneapolis
Education	Columbia University

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Career start	1942
Career end	1972
award	National Book Award Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Bollingen Prize
influenced	Anne Sexton Kevin Young (poet) Robert Lowell Philip Levine (poet)
influenced by	Gerard Manley Hopkins Rainer Maria Rilke W. B. Yeats W. H. Auden
movement	Confessional poetry
notable work	The Dream Songs