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13 march 1943 thomas , stephanie , and rachel american 22 july 1898 he 20th century poetry , short story , novel yale university new york city , new york , u.s. 200px stephen vincent benét yale college ba 1919.jpg stephen vincent benét writer stephen vincent benét , yale college b.a. , 1919 bethlehem , pennsylvania , u.s. pulitzer award -lrb- 1937 -rrb- pulitzer prize for poetry -lrb- 1944 prize , posthumous -rrb- for poetry -lrb- 1929 -rrb- o. henry william sister -rrb- rose benét -lrb- brother -rrb- laura benét -lrb- '' '' the devil and daniel webster '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- john '' by the waters of babylon '' -lrb- 1937 -rrb- brown '' seven brides for seven brothers '' -lrb- 1954 -rrb- 's -lrb- adapted from benét 's story '' the sobbin ' body women '' -rrb- '' -lrb- 1928 -rrb- stephen vincent benét

stephen vincent benét

stephen vincent benét -lrb- july 22 , 1898 -- march 13 , 1943 -rrb- 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 '' -lrb- 1928 -rrb- , for which he won a pulitzer prize in 1929 , and for two short stories , `` the devil and daniel webster '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- and `` by the waters of babylon '' -lrb- 1937 -rrb- .
in 2009 , the library of america selected benét 's story `` the king of the cats '' -lrb- 1929 -rrb- for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of `` american fantastic tales , '' edited by peter straub .
