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William Rose Benét

American writer (1886-1950)
Person human Q2580418

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
February 2, 1886
Date of death
May 4, 1950
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[14]
Occupation
writer, poet, literary critic
Educated at
Yale University[15]
Award received
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry[16]
Father
James Walker Benét[9]
Mother
Frances Rose Benét[10]
Spouse
Marjorie Flack, Elinor Wylie[11][12]
Child
James Walker Benét[13]
Sibling
Stephen Vincent Benét[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Family name
Benét[19]
Given name
William[20]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Letters[17]
Place of burial
Ferncliff Cemetery[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Rose Benet en William Rose Benét de William Rose Benet es William Rose Benet fa ویلیام رز بنت he ויליאם רוז בנט ru Уильям Роуз Бене
🔖 Identifiers · 68
ISNI
0000000110259866
VIAF cluster ID
45096102
Library of Congress authority ID
n50008106
GND ID
118658204
American National Biography ID
1600107
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151058950
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/86918
BAnQ authority ID
0000096169
BIBSYS ID
90079854
BabelNet ID
00009912n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12419859c
CBDB.cz author ID
66412
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CONOR.SI ID
255969123
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
0055J3206
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10201615
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1023342
CiNii Research ID
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De Agostini ID
Benét,+William+Rose
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118658204
Discogs artist ID
3427100
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
benet_william_rose
FAST ID
2278
Find a Grave memorial ID
123556616
Freebase ID
/m/0160xp
Geni.com profile ID
6000000014578521719
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
William_Rose_Benét
ISFDB author ID
25042
IdRef ID
033321035
Interlingual Index ID
i94436
KBR person ID
14239356
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118658204
Kallías ID
PE00385125
Libraries Australia ID
35017301
LibriVox author ID
8213
MusicBrainz artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01879239
NL CR AUT ID
jn20000600804
NLA Trove people ID
791867
NUKAT ID
n2004039668
National Library of Brazil ID
000612465
National Library of Chile ID
000038410
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001205883
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000251984
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007301392005171
National Library of Latvia ID
000009287
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:YSY;=Bh
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810563641405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1128562
National Virtual Library of India ID
837997
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072895365
Notable Names Database ID
219/000084964
Online Books Page author ID
Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950
Open Library ID
OL1801598A, OL4264986A
OpenMLOL author ID
174714
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095458673
Poetry Foundation ID
william-rose-benet
Prabook ID
3738131, 1084628
Project Gutenberg author ID
2108
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
10913
RERO ID (legacy)
A002992102
SNAC ARK ID
w6p55rcp
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID
benet_william_rose
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
355
Treccani ID
william-rose-benet
WikiTree person ID
Benét-96
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
10864123-n
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/fc6e5524-e6fa-467d-9814-bf93b705f094

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Occupation 2
writer, poet
Award received 1
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Yale University
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Place of birth 1
Brooklyn
Place of burial 1
Ferncliff Cemetery
Place of death 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Stephen Vincent Benét
Siblings 1
Stephen Vincent Benét
Spouse 1
Elinor Wylie
Spouses 1
Elinor Wylie
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Summary

William Rose Benét was born on February 2, 1886[1], in Brooklyn[2]. He died on May 4, 1950[3], in New York City[4]. He worked as a writer[5], poet[6], and literary critic[7].

FAQs

Where was William Rose Benét born?

William Rose Benét was born in Brooklyn[2].

Where did William Rose Benét die?

William Rose Benét died in New York City[4].

Who were William Rose Benét's parents?

William Rose Benét's father was James Walker Benét[9]. William Rose Benét's mother was Frances Rose Benét[10].

Who was William Rose Benét married to?

William Rose Benét's spouses include Marjorie Flack[11] and Elinor Wylie[12].

What did William Rose Benét do for work?

William Rose Benét worked as a writer[5], poet[6], and literary critic[7].

Where did William Rose Benét go to school?

William Rose Benét was educated at Yale University[15].

What awards did William Rose Benét receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry[16].

Related Entities

New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Mother → Frances Rose Benét
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