Stephen Vincent Benét Writer

Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist. Benét is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) and "By the Waters of Babylon" (1937). In 2009, The Library of America selected Benét’s story “The King of the Cats” (1929) for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American Fantastic Tales, edited by Peter Straub.

Personal facts

Stephen Vincent Benét
Birth dateJuly 22, 1898
Birth place
Pennsylvania , Bethlehem Pennsylvania , United States
Date of deathMarch 13, 1943
Place of death
New York City , United States , New York
Education
Yale University
Relatives
William Rose Benét

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Writer

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award
O. Henry Award
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
genre
Short story
notable work
John Brown's Body (poem)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Devil and Daniel Webster
By the Waters of Babylon

Stephen Vincent Benét on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-a-m.html#benet
  2. http://www.fountainhill.org/history.asp