WRITER

Stephen Vincent Benét

1898 - 1943

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Stephen Vincent Benét ( bə-NAY; July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He wrote a book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body, published in 1928, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and for the short stories "The Devil and Daniel Webster", published in 1936, and "By the Waters of Babylon", published in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Vincent Benét has received more than 372,799 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Stephen Vincent Benét is the 6,184th most popular writer (down from 5,710th in 2019), the 10,633rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,491st in 2019) and the 790th most popular American Writer.

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  • 20

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  • 3.62

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Notable Works

A book of Americans
Juvenile poetry, Poetry, American poetry
Fifty-six poems sketch the lives of famous men and women from Christopher Columbus to Woodrow Wilson.
1933
John Brown's body
History, Poetry, United States
1927
Young People's Pride
1922
The lives of Danielle Steel
20th century, American Novelists, American Women novelists
1994
Selected works of Stephen Vincent Benét
Pulitzer Prize poetry, American poetry, American Epic poetry
1942
The devil and Daniel Webster
Fiction, Drama, Juvenile fiction
1937
A subtreasury of American humor
American wit and humor, anthologies
humor
1941
John Brown's body
History, Poetry, United States
1927
The lives of Danielle Steel
20th century, American Novelists, American Women novelists
1994
Selected works of Stephen Vincent Benét
Pulitzer Prize poetry, American poetry, American Epic poetry
1942
A subtreasury of American humor
American wit and humor, anthologies
humor
1941
The lives of Danielle Steel
20th century, American Novelists, American Women novelists
1994
The devil and Daniel Webster
Fiction, Drama, Juvenile fiction
Having promised his soul to the Devil in exchange for good fortune, Jabez Stone asks the talented lawyer Daniel Webster to get him out of the bargain.
1937
Selected works of Stephen Vincent Benét
Pulitzer Prize poetry, American poetry, American Epic poetry
1942
Young People's Pride
1922
John Brown's body
History, Poetry, United States
1927
Young People's Pride
1922
The devil and Daniel Webster
Fiction, Drama, Juvenile fiction
Having promised his soul to the Devil in exchange for good fortune, Jabez Stone asks the talented lawyer Daniel Webster to get him out of the bargain.
1937

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stephen Vincent Benét ranks 6,184 out of 7,302. Before him are David McCullough, Maxine Kumin, George Woodcock, Maria Teresa Horta, Gillian Flynn, and Albert Kivikas. After him are Kurt Marti, Lester Bangs, Beryl Bainbridge, Alan Hollinghurst, Amory Lovins, and Alan Garner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Stephen Vincent Benét ranks 293. Before him are Leila Denmark, Happy Chandler, Roy Harris, Henry Louis Hudson, Rachel Fuller Brown, and Albert Kivikas. After him are Gracie Fields, Ernő Nagy, Norman Z. McLeod, Wiley Post, Clarence Walker, and Molly Picon. Among people deceased in 1943, Stephen Vincent Benét ranks 225. Before him are Artur Knautz, Helena Nordheim, Anna Dresden-Polak, Herbert Roper Barrett, Frank Greer, and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen. After him are Léon Thiébaut, Montagu Love, Alexander Hall, Cornelia Fort, Louisa Garrett Anderson, and Lorenz Hart.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Vincent Benét ranks 10,633 out of 20,380. Before him are Billy Brown (1970), Scott Asheton (1949), Erik King (1963), Rachel Corrie (1979), Evan Williams (1972), and Lesley Ashburner (1883). After him are Ward Kimball (1914), Xavier Becerra (1958), Jason Earles (1977), Donny Osmond (1957), Lester Bangs (1948), and Francis X. Bushman (1883).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Stephen Vincent Benét ranks 790. Before him are Robert Creeley (1926), Anthony Doerr (1973), George Saunders (1958), David McCullough (1933), Maxine Kumin (1925), and Gillian Flynn (1971). After him are Lester Bangs (1948), Amory Lovins (1947), Mike Godwin (1956), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), and Glenn Greenwald (1967).

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