This early work by Stephen Vincent Benét was originally published in
1926 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory
biography. 'Spanish Bayonet' is a short story by this prolific author of
prose and poetry. Stephen Vincent Benét was born on 22nd July 1898 in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Benét was an accomplished writer
at an early age, having had his first book published at 17 and
submitting his third volume of poetry in lieu of a thesis for his
degree. During his time at Yale, he was an influential figure at the
'Yale Lit' literary magazine, and a fellow member of the Elizabethan
Club. Benét was also a part-time contributor for the early Time
Magazine. Benét's best known works are the book-length narrative poem
American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a
Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and two short stories, The Devil and Daniel
Webster (1936) and By the Waters of Babylon (1937). Benét won a second
Pulitzer Prize posthumously for his unfinished poem Western Star in
1944.