| John Berryman  AKA John Smith
Born: 25-Oct-1914
Birthplace: McAlester, OK
Died: 7-Jan-1972
Location of death: Minneapolis, MN
Cause of death: Suicide
Remains: Buried, Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, MN
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Poet Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Homage to Mistress Bradstreet Father: John Allyn Smith (d. 1926 suicide)
Mother: Martha Little
Father: John McAlpin Berryman (stepfather)
Wife: Eileen Simpson
Wife: Ann Levine (wife #2, m. 1956, div. 1959, one son)
Wife: Kate Donahue (m. 1961, two daughters)
University: Columbia University
University: Cambridge University (two years)
Professor: Wayne State University
Professor: Harvard University
Teacher: Lecturer, University of Washington
Teacher: Lecturer, University of Cincinnati
Professor: University of California at Berkeley
Professor: Brown University
The Nation Poetry Editor
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1965 for 77 Dream Songs
National Book Award for Poetry 1969 for His Toy, His Dream, His Rest
Bollingen Prize in Poetry 1969 (with Karl Shapiro)
Guggenheim Fellowship 1952
Guggenheim Fellowship 1967
Suicide Attempt 1931
Risk Factors: Epilepsy, Alcoholism, Depression, Smoking
Author of books:
Poems (1942, poetry)
The Dispossessed (1948, poetry)
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet (1956, poetry)
77 Dream Songs (1964, poetry)
Berryman's Sonnets (1967, poetry)
His Toy, His Dream, His Rest (1968, poetry)
The Dream Songs (1969, poetry)
Love & Fame (1970, poetry)
Recovery (1971, memoir)
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