Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia is a reference work devoted to world literature. The first volume appeared in 1948, edited by Pulitzer Prize-winner William Rose Benét, older brother of the writer Stephen Vincent Benét.
"Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia," a comprehensive reference work on world literature, debuted in 1948 under the editorship of Pulitzer Prize winner William Rose Benét, who was also the elder sibling of author Stephen Vincent Benét.