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John Berryman

American poet and scholar (1914-1972) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 57

John Allyn McAlpin Berryman 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. His 77 Dream Songs (1964) won the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

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1972Died7 January 19721969Bollingen PrizeAwardNational Book AwardAward1967Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward1966Fellowship of the Academy of American PoetsAward1965Pulitzer Prize for PoetryAward1952Guggenheim FellowshipAward1949Shelley Memorial AwardAward1914Born25 October 1914