John Berryman

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American writer human poet professor

John Berryman was an American poet best known for his intensely personal and innovative work, particularly the sequence "The Dream Songs," which helped define the confessional poetry movement.

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John Berryman canonical 5

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instanceOf American writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
professor ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Poetry ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-10-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1972-01-07 ⓘ
describedAs intensely personal and innovative American poet ⓘ
educatedAt Clare College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer Harvard University ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
University of Minnesota ⓘ
familyName Berryman ⓘ
fullName John Allyn Berryman ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasCanonicalName John Berryman self-link ⓘ
hasSignificantWork The Dream Songs ⓘ
helpedDefine confessional poetry movement ⓘ
influenced Anne Sexton ⓘ
Robert Lowell ⓘ
confessional poets ⓘ
influencedBy Gerard Manley Hopkins ⓘ
W.B. Yeats ⓘ
surface form: W. B. Yeats

William Shakespeare ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath suicide by jumping ⓘ
movement confessional poetry ⓘ
notableWork The Dream Songs ⓘ
surface form: 77 Dream Songs

Berryman’s Sonnets ⓘ
His Toy, His Dream, His Rest ⓘ
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet ⓘ
The Dream Songs ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth McAlester, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Minneapolis ⓘ
surface form: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Ann Levine ⓘ
Eileen Mulligan ⓘ
Kate Donahue ⓘ

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Confessional poetry → hasKeyFigure → John Berryman ⓘ
The Dream Songs → author → John Berryman ⓘ
John Berryman → hasCanonicalName → John Berryman self-link ⓘ
Confessionalism → notablePractitioner → John Berryman ⓘ
Delmore Schwartz → influenced → John Berryman ⓘ