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Stephen Vincent Benet was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He 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. He also wrote the short stories "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1937) and "By the Waters of Babylon" (1937). Benet was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and attended Yale University, where he was a member of the secret society Scroll and Key. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I, and after the war he worked as a journalist and editor. Benet's works often explored themes of American history and mythology. He wrote several novels, including The Beginning of Wisdom (1930) and Western Star (1943). He also wrote several collections of poetry, including The Burning City (1936) and The Collected Poems of Stephen Vincent Benet (1944). Benet died in New York City in 1943. He was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1944 for his book-length narrative poem, John Brown's Body.

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Occupation writer
Age 45 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 22 July, 1898
Birthday 22 July
Birthplace Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of death 13 March, 1943
Died Place New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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His wife is Rosemary Carr (26 November 1921 - 13 March 1943) ( his death) ( 3 children)

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1998

Pictured on a 32¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Literary Arts series, issued 22 July 1998.

1954

American poet and writer, several of whose short stories were filmed. The son of a U. S. Army officer who inculcated in Benet and his brother, famed poet William Rose Benet, an appreciation for excellence in literature, Benet was raised around military posts. He attended Yale University, then traveled to Paris, where he met his wife, Rosemary Carr, and began to write professionally. While in Paris again on a Guggenheim Fellowship, he published the story, The Sobbin Women, which later became the basis for the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954).

1953

His book-length poem "John Brown's Body" was given a successful dramatic reading on Broadway in 1953, in a production starring Tyrone Power, Judith Anderson and Raymond Massey, and directed by Charles Laughton. It was subsequently recorded on LP, but as of 2002, remains unreleased on CD.