{"birth_date": "22 Jul 1898", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Stephen Vincent Ben\u00e9t (July 22, 1898 \u2013 March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He wrote a book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, *John Brown's Body*, published in 1928, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and for the short stories \"The Devil and Daniel Webster\", published in 1936, and \"By the Waters of Babylon\", published in 1937.\r\n\r\nIn 2009, Library of America selected his story \"The King of the Cats\", published in 1929, for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of *American Fantastic Tales*, edited by Peter Straub. \r\n\r\n**Source**: [Stephen Vincent Ben\u00e9t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Vincent_Ben%C3%A9t) on Wikipedia."}, "photos": [14844824, 8173731], "death_date": "13 Mar 1943", "personal_name": "Stephen Vincent Ben\u00e9t", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "alternate_names": ["Stephen V. Benet", "Stephen Benet", "S. V. Ben\u00e9t", "Stephen Vincent Bene t", "Stephen Vincent Abbe, George, BenGet", "Stephen BenGet", "Stephen Vincent Benét", "Stephen V Benet", "Stephen Vincent Bene\u00cc\u0081t", "Stephen Vincet Benet", "Stephen Vincent BenGet", "S Vincent Benet", "stephen benet", "Stephen Ben\u00e9t", "Stephen Vincent [1898 - 1943] Benet", "Stephen Vincent Benet Rosemary Benet", "Stephen Vincent Benet", "Stephen Vincent ", "STEPHEN VINCENT BENET HOLT", "STEPHEN VINCENT BENET", "stephen vincent benet", "Benet,Stephen Vincent", "Stephen Vincent (editied by Robert van Gelder) Benet", "Stephen Vincent Benet et al"], "key": "/authors/OL25965A", "remote_ids": {"viaf": "100260717", "wikidata": "Q1348138", "isni": "0000000107867406", "bookbrainz": "3b106afd-fb14-426a-975d-485965a1bb05", "musicbrainz": "c4944cfd-2be6-4a9d-beeb-251eaaf51388", "imdb": "nm0070948", "lc_naf": "n50007691", "librarything": "benetstephenvincent", "librivox": "3008", "project_gutenberg": "174", "opac_sbn": "MILV147708"}, "name": "Stephen Vincent Ben\u00e9t", "source_records": ["amazon:0342529331", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-06-01", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-03-17", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-05-14", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2020-12-22", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2020-10-08", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-05-05", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-10-07:W7-CSJ-415", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2024-01-catchup:P8-BGA-502", "bwb:9781512192650", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-04-23", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2020-11-25", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2020-11-24", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-07-13", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2023-02-09:KS-137-018", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-06-30:W7-ABM-199", "bwb:9781516987702", "ia:america0000step_v4l0", "ia:bookofamericans0000step", "ia:burningcity0000step_r8a0", "ia:bwb_P9-BJO-312", "ia:bwb_S0-AED-803", "ia:bwb_S0-AET-644", "ia:bwb_p9-cpj-836", "ia:johnbrownsbody0000step_f8s9", "ia:lastcirclestorie00bent", "ia:selectedworksofs030023mbp", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2024-11-14:W9-CYF-099", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2024-11-14:S0-ABS-253"], "latest_revision": 12, "revision": 12, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-01-05T18:45:37.165489"}}