Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (1942) Winner
William Rose Benét
ウィリアム・ローズ・ベネー
William Rose Benét
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1886-02-02 （Brooklyn, New York）
- Died
- 1950-05-04 （New York City, New York） age 64
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown （Baptismal Name: Unknown）
- Residence History
- Brooklyn, New York → Albany, New York → Benicia, California → Carmel-by-the-Sea, California → New York City
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer, editor
- Active Years
- 1913-1950
- Affiliations
- Saturday Review of Literature
- Influenced By
- Sinclair Lewis
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Albany Academy | — | Unknown | — | — | United States |
| Yale University | — | Sheffield Scientific School | Ph.B. | — | United States |
The Albany Academy
Unknown
Country:
United States
Yale University
Sheffield Scientific School
Degree:
Ph.B.
Year of Graduation:
1907
Country:
United States
Contributed to The Yale Record
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | The Dust Which Is God | — | Columbia University | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1941
Work:
The Dust Which Is God
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Dust Which Is God
1941 poetryAutobiographical verse collection that won the Pulitzer Prize.
autobiographylife
The Reader's Encyclopedia
1948 literary encyclopediaA standard American guide to world literature.
literature
The Skater of Ghost Lake
poemA poem frequently assigned in schools for onomatopoeia, rhythm, and dark mystery.
mysterynature
Bibliography
- Merchants of Cathay
- The Great White Wall: A Poem
- Perpetual Light: A Memorial
- Moons of Grandeur: A Book of Poems
- Dry Points: Studies in Black and White
- The Flying King of Kurio: A Story of Children
- Wild Goslings: A Selection of Fugitive Pieces
- Rip Tide: A Novel in Verse
- Starry Harness
- Pocket University: Guide to Daily Reading
- Golden Fleece: A Collection of Poems and Ballads Old and New
- Great Poems of the English Language
- Mother Goose: A Comprehensive Collection of the Rhymes
- Mad Blake: A Poem
- Day of Deliverance: A Book of Poems in Wartime
- The Dust Which is God: A Novel in Verse
- The Stairway of Surprise: Poems
- Timothy's Angels, Verse
- The Reader's Encyclopedia
- The Spirit of the Scene
- The First Person Singular
- The Prose and Poetry of Elinor Wylie
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- use of onomatopoeiaemphasis on rhythm
- Recurring Motifs
- dark mysterynature imagery
Legacy
American poet, writer, and editor. Founder and editor of the Saturday Review of Literature. Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry. His brother Stephen Vincent Benét also won the same prize.
Archives
- Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
In Popular Culture
- 'The Skater of Ghost Lake' is frequently assigned in American schools.
Trivia
- His younger brother Stephen Vincent Benét won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1944.
- Was roommates with Sinclair Lewis in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
- Married four times.