What is Stephen Vincent Benet's middle name?
Vincent
What is Stephen Vincent Benet's full name?
Stephen Vincent Benét
Stephen Vincent Benet date of birth:
July 22, 1898
How old was Stephen Vincent Benet when died?
44
Where was Stephen Vincent Benet born?
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
When did Stephen Vincent Benet die?
March 13, 1943
Where did Stephen Vincent Benet die?
New York City
Why did Stephen Vincent Benet die?
Heart Seizure
Is Stephen Vincent Benet gay or straight?
Straight
What is Stephen Vincent Benet's ethnicity?
White
What is Stephen Vincent Benet nationality?
American
What is Stephen Vincent Benet's occupation?
Author, Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist
Stephen Vincent Benet claim to fame:
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1936)
What genre is Stephen Vincent Benet's work?
Poetry, short story, novel
Who is Stephen Vincent Benet's father?
James Walker Benet (1857 - 1928)
Who is Stephen Vincent Benet's mother?
Frances Rose Benet (1860 - 1940)
Stephen Vincent Benet brother(s):
William Rose Benét
Stephen Vincent Benet sister(s):
Laura Benét
Short Biography
Stephen Vincent Benét /bɨˈneɪ/ (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.