Stephen Vincent Benet

John Brown's Body (eBook, ePUB)

"Dreaming men are haunted men."

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Stephen Vincent Bene't (22 July 1898 - 13 March 1943) was from a family with roots in Florida, which explains the Spanish name. Although born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, his father was a colonel in the U.S. Army, and hence he grew up in California and Georgia. He attended Yale starting in 1915 and that same year published his first book of poems, `Five Men and Pompey'. `Young Adventure' (1918) is considered his first mature book of poetry, and he went on to win two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1929 for `John Brown's Body' and in 1944 for `Western Star'. It appears that the whole family had great talents, as his grandfather was a Brigadier General, his father a Colonel, and both Stephen and his brother William Rose Benet won Pulitzer Prizes for poetry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Copyright Group
• Seitenzahl: 281
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787378032
• Artikelnr.: 48668655

Autorenporträt

Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for John Brown's Body. In his prose and poetry he often retold American history, folktales, and legends. Among his many other works is The Devil and Daniel Webster.