Stephen Vincent Benét
Novelist, Author
1898 – 1943
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Who was Stephen Vincent Benét?
Stephen Vincent Benét 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, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "By the Waters of Babylon". In 2009, The Library of America selected Benét’s story “The King of the Cats” for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American Fantastic Tales, edited by Peter Straub.
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- Born
- Jul 22, 1898
Bethlehem - Also known as
- Stephen Vincent Benet
- Benét, Stephen Vincent
- Steven Vincent Benet
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Rosemary Carr Benét
(1921/11/25 - 1943/03/13)
- Rosemary Carr Benét
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Master of Arts, Yale University
English Studies
( - 1920) - United States Military Academy
- The Albany Academy
- Master of Arts, Yale University
- Lived in
- New York City
( - 1943/03/13)
- New York City
- Died
- Mar 13, 1943
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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