Born at Fort Hamilton, New York, on June 1, 1884, Laura Benet was the daughter of Colonel James Walker and Frances Neill Rose Benet. She graduated from the Emma Willard School, Troy, New York; received a B.A. degree from Vassar College, 1907; Litt.D degree from Moravian College, Bethelem, Pennsylvania.
She was secretary and assistant book page editor, New York Evening Post, 1927-28; editorial department at the New York Sun, 1928-29; book review editor's assistant and book review substitute, the New York Times, summer of 1930; and a free-lancewriter from 1930 until her death.
She received a medal as an honor poet, National Poetry Center, 1936. Her poems were recorded at the Library of Congress in 1958.
She lived in New York City and died at the age of 86 on February 17, 1979 and was buried with her parents in Section 6 of Arlington National Cemetery.
Born at Fort Hamilton, New York, on June 1, 1884, Laura Benet was the daughter of Colonel James Walker and Frances Neill Rose Benet. She graduated from the Emma Willard School, Troy, New York; received a B.A. degree from Vassar College, 1907; Litt.D degree from Moravian College, Bethelem, Pennsylvania.
She was secretary and assistant book page editor, New York Evening Post, 1927-28; editorial department at the New York Sun, 1928-29; book review editor's assistant and book review substitute, the New York Times, summer of 1930; and a free-lancewriter from 1930 until her death.
She received a medal as an honor poet, National Poetry Center, 1936. Her poems were recorded at the Library of Congress in 1958.
She lived in New York City and died at the age of 86 on February 17, 1979 and was buried with her parents in Section 6 of Arlington National Cemetery.
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