Stephen Vincent Benét—poet, novelist.
Born at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1898; brother of William Rose Benét ([q. v.]) Graduate of Yale, 1919.
Mr. Benét’s work at once attracted attention by its qualities of exuberance and fancy. In 1921, he shared with Carl Sandburg ([q. v.]) the prize of the Poetry Society of America.
Bibliography
- Five Men and Pompey. 1915.
- The Drug Shop. 1917.
- Young Adventure. 1918.
- Heavens and Earth. 1920.
- The Beginning of Wisdom. 1921. (Novel.)
Studies and Reviews
- Bookm. 47 (’18): 558 (Phelps); 54 (’21): 394.
- Dial, 71 (’21): 597.
- Poetry, 16 (’20): 53; 20 (’22): 340.
- See also Book Review Digest, 1919, 1920, 1921.
Born at Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor, 1886. Ph. B., Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1907. Free lance writer in California 1907-11. Reader for the Century Magazine, 1911-18. In 1920, associate editor of the Literary Review of the New York Evening Post.
Mr. Benét’s verse has attracted attention for its pictorial imagination, vigorous rhythms, and grotesque and lively fancy.