100 Pulitzer Poets: Stephen Vincent Benét, 1929
Today at Círculo de Poesía, we present “Metropolitan Nigtmare”, a poem by American Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943). Known for his lengthy, meditative and humorous social pieces, he earned the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for his book John Brown’s Body, of which we present here a poem in translation by Sergio Eduardo Cruz. Hoy en Círculo…