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Stephen Vincent Benét ( July 22, 1898– March 13, 1943) was a United States author, poet, short story writer and novelist, best known for his narrative poem of the American Civil War, " John Brown's Body," (1928, awarded a Pulitzer prize) and for his fantasy short story " The Devil and Daniel Webster," which won an O. Henry award, and furnished the material for a one-act opera by Douglas Moore .

A graduate of Yale UniversityYale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third oldest American collegiate institution (or fourth, if St. John's College, Annapolis is included) and one of the most prestigious in the world. The Univer, he was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a United States literary award given out each April. Recipients of the award are chosen by an independent board and officially administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in the United States. The prize was in 1944 for "Western Star" (1943), an unfinished narrative poem on the settling of America.

His brother, William Rose Benét (1886–1950), was a poet, anthologist and critic who is largely remembered for his desk reference, The Reader's Cyclopedia, (1948) which remains useful.

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