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Collect some information about Jhon berryman and his achievements. ​

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Answered by daisyDrishti
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John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born in 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. His best-known work is The Dream Songs.

Notable awards-

National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Bollingen Prize

Spouse-

Eileen Simpson (1942–1956); divorced

Ann Levine (1956–1959); divorced

Kate Donahue (1961–1972)

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Answered by aryadwivedi10
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Answer:

John Berryman, (born Oct. 25, 1914, McAlester, Okla., U.S.—died Jan. 7, 1972, Minneapolis, Minn.), U.S. poet whose importance was assured by the publication in 1956 of the long poem Homage to Mistress Bradstreet.

He began to publish in little magazines during the late 1930s, and in 1940 Five Young American Poets contained 20 of his poems. Two other volumes of poetry—Poems (1942) and The Dispossessed (1948)—followed

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.

Notable awards: National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Bollingen Prize

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