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StephenVincentBent(1898-1943)wasanAmericanauthor,poet,shortstorywriterandnovelist.Heisbestknownforhisbook-lengthnarrativepoemoftheAmericanCivilWar,JohnBrown'sBody(1928),forwhichhewonaPulitzerPrizein1929,andfortwoshortstories,TheDevilandDanielWebster(1937)andBytheWatersofBabylon(1937).Bent'sfantasyshortstoryTheDevilandDanielWebsterwonanO.HenryAward,andhefurnishedthematerialforaone-actoperabyDouglasMoore.Thestorywasfilmedin1941andshownoriginallyunderthetitleAllThatMoneyCanBuy.ItwasalineofBent'spoetrythatgavethetitletoDeeBrown'sfamoushistoryofthedestructionofNativeAmericantribesbytheUnitedStates:BuryMyHeartatWoundedKnee.Amonghisotherworksare:YoungAdventure(1918),HeavensandEarth(1920),TheBeginningofWisdom(1921),andYoungPeople'sPride(1922). |
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