Steven Vincent Benét
| Stephen Vincent Benét | |
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Stephen Vincent Benét, Yale College B.A., 1919
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| Born |
July 22, 1898 Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | March 13, 1943 (aged 44) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Period | 20th century |
| Genre | Poetry, short story, novel |
| Notable works |
John Brown's Body (1929) The Devil and Daniel Webster (1936) By the Waters of Babylon (1937) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) (adapted from Benét's story The Sobbin' Women) |
| Notable awards |
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1929) O. Henry Award (1937) Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1944, posthumous) |
| Children | Thomas, Stephanie, and Rachel |
| Relatives |
William Rose Benét (brother) Laura Benét (sister) |
Stephen Vincent Benét /bᵻˈneɪ/ (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American 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.
Benét was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to James Walker Benét, a colonel in the United States Army, and his wife. His grandfather and namesake was a Minorcan descendant born in St. Augustine, Florida, who led the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps, 1874–1891, with the rank of brigadier general; he was a graduate of the United States Military Academy and served in the American Civil War. The younger Benét's paternal uncle, Laurence Vincent Benét, a graduate of Yale, was an ensign in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and later manufactured the French-Hotchkiss machine gun.
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