biography
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Benét, Stephen (Vincent)
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pronunciation:
[binay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1898–1943)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA, the brother of William Benét. He published a number of novels, short stories, and volumes of poetry, his first book appearing at the age of 17. His long narrative poem on the Civil War, ‘John Brown's Body’, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1929. |
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