John Berryman

American poet and scholar (1914–1972).

Born October 25th, 1914 in McAlester.

Died January 7th, 1972 at 57 years old in Minneapolis (drowning).

Occupations
poet, university teacher, writer
Wikipedia

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel