William Rose Benét
William Rose Benét | |
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| Born | February 2, 1886 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 4, 1950 (aged 64) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BPhil) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor |
| Known for | Founder and editor of the Saturday Review of Literature (1924-1950) The Dust Which Is God (1941) The Reader's Encyclopedia (1948) |
| Spouses | Teresa Thompson
(m. 1912; died 1919)Lora Baxter
(m. 1932; div. 1937) |
| Children | 3, including James Walker Benét |
| Relatives | Stephen Vincent Benét (brother) |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1941) |
William Rose Benét (February 2, 1886 – May 4, 1950) was an American poet, writer, and editor. He was the older brother of Stephen Vincent Benét.