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Early life and education. Benét was born on July 22, 1898, in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania [1] to James Walker Benét, a colonel in the U.S. Army. His grandfather and namesake led the Army Ordnance Corps from 1874 to 1891 as a brigadier general and served in the Civil War.
Stephen Vincent Benét (born July 22, 1898, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 13, 1943, New York, New York) was an American poet, novelist, and writer of short stories, best known for John Brown’s Body, a long narrative poem on the American Civil War.
Between the years 1928 and 1943, Stephen Vincent Benét was one of the best-known living American poets, more widely read than Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, or Wallace Stevens and as well respected in book review columns.
Stephen Vincent Benét was born July 22, 1898. His most famous work is the long poem John Brown's Body, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1929.
Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction. edit data. Stephen Vincent Benét was born July 22, 1898, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, into a military family. His father had a wide appreciation for literature, and Benét's siblings, William Rose and Laura, also became writers.
Apr 29, 2009 · For each day, Stephen Vincent—artist, poet and writer—created a journal account and a “haptic” drawing. Made with pen and ink, the abstract marks emerged from a close listening to public and/or private sounds of the particular day.
Introduction to Stephen Vincent Benét: Selected Poetry and Prose. New York: Rinehart, 1960. This essay is a good overview of Benét’s life and literature for those unfamiliar with his writing.
