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Encyclopedia > William Rose Benet

William Rose Benét (February 2, 1886 - May 4, 1950) was an American poet, writer and editor. He is the older brother of Stephen Vincent Benét.


He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at Yale University. He began the Saturday Review of Literature in 1924 and continued to edit and write for it until his death.


Benet's second (of four) wives was the American poet Elinor Wylie. Benet was also wed to Teresa France Thomson (d.1919) and to children's writer Marjorie Flack, (1887-1958), who outlived him.


In 1942 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his book of autobiographical verse, The Dust Which Is God (1941).


He is also the author of The Reader's Encyclopedia, thought of as the standard American guide to world literature.


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Benet, William Rose (414 words)
William Rose Benét was born on February 2, 1886, in Brooklyn, New York, but was raised in the Pennsylvania city of Bethlehem.
William was very diverse in his literary talents.
William Rose Benét died on May 4, 1950 in New York City.
William Rose Benét - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (188 words)
William Rose Benét (February 2, 1886 - May 4, 1950) was an American poet, writer and editor.
Benet's second (of four) wives was the American poet Elinor Wylie.
Benet was also wed to Teresa France Thomson (d.1919) and to children's writer Marjorie Flack, (1887-1958), who outlived him.
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