"In 1971, Berryman was awarded a Senior Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, enabling him to complete his critical biography on Shakespeare. Unfortunately, he could not find his way out of the same despair and indulgence that made his poetry so unique and powerful. On January 7, 1972, still haunted by his own father's suicide and with his youngest daughter just six months old, Berryman ended his life by jumping from the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota."
That's the bridge that connects the East Banl campus and West Bank campus at the U of Minnesota. Missed the water.
Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I've been puzzling about this 'he missed the water' thing. Was he an
inaccurate swimmer?
P
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