William Rose Benét

Poet, Author

1886 – 1950

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Who was William Rose Benét?

William Rose Benét was an American poet, writer, and editor. He was the older brother of Stephen Vincent Benét.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Col. James Walker Benét and his wife née Frances Neill Rose, and grandson of Brigadier General Stephen Vincent Benét. He was educated The Albany Academy in Albany, NY and at Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, graduating with a PhB in 1907. At Yale, he edited and contributed light verse to campus humor magazine The Yale Record. He began the Saturday Review of Literature in 1924 and continued to edit and write for it until his death.

Benét married four times: First, on 3 September 1912, he married Teresa France Thomson, with whom he had three children. Teresa died in 1919. Benét's second wife whom he married on 5 October 1923, was poet Elinor Wylie. She died in 1928. Benét's third wife, whom he married on 15 March 1932, was Lora Baxter. They divorced in 1937. Benét's fourth wife, and widow, was children's writer Marjorie Flack. They were married from June 22, 1941 until his death in 1950.

In 1942, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his book of autobiographical verse, The Dust Which Is God.

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Born
Feb 2, 1886
Brooklyn
Also known as
  • William Rose Benet
  • William Benét
  • William Benet
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Nationality
  • United States of America
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  • Yale University
Died
May 4, 1950
New York City

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on July 23, 2013

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