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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.
Born John Smith in McAlester, Oklahoma, in 1914, Berryman suffered a great loss at 12 when his father shot himself outside the boy’s window. This event haunted him throughout his life, and recurred as a subject in his poetry.
Berryman committed suicide by jumping from a bridge onto the ice of the Mississippi River. Recovery, an account of his struggle against alcoholism, was published in 1973. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Oct 17, 2014 · Nobody should have been surprised when, on January 7, 1972, the poet John Berryman killed himself by jumping off the Washington Avenue Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River where it winds...
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On a winter morning in 1972, Berryman—as if in confirmation that he was yet another poète maudit —leapt to his death from the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, where he had taught at the...
Jan 8, 1972 · MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 7—John Berryman, one of the nation's leading poets, jumped to his death from a bridge over the Mississippi River here today, A witness reported to University of Minnesota...
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Oct 12, 2020 · He died in 1972, by jumping from the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis. To the appalled gratification of posterity, his fall was witnessed by somebody named Art Hitman. Berryman would...
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