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Berryman, John, 1914-1972

LC control no.n 79142591
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3503.E744
Personal name headingBerryman, John, 1914-1972
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Variant(s)Smith, John Allyn
Birth date1914-10-25
Death date1972-01-07
Place of birthMcAlester (Okla.)
Place of deathMinneapolis (Minn.)
AffiliationColumbia University Clare College (University of Cambridge) Iowa Writers' Workshop Harvard University Princeton University University of Cincinnati University of Minnesota Brown University
Profession or occupationAuthors Poets College teachers
Found inHis Poems, 1942.
Berryman's understanding, c1988: CIP t.p. (John Berryman) galley (b. John Allyn Smith in McAlester, Okla. on 10/25/14 to Martha (Little) Smith; 1926 named Berryman after father died and mother remarried; d. 1/7/72, Minneapolis)
Wikipedia web site, May 8, 2020: (John Berryman ; John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 - January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. d. January 7, 1972 (aged 57), Minneapolis, Minnesota, US ; alma matter: Columbia University ; also studied overseas at Clare College, Cambridge ; Berryman taught or lectured at a number of universities, including the University of Iowa (at the Writer's Workshop), Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Minnesota, where he spent most of his career, except for his sabbatical year in 1962-3, when he taught at Brown University)
Associated languageeng