Stevens, Wallace Syllabification: (Ste·vens, Wallace)Pronunciation: /ˈstēvənz/Definition of Stevens, Wallace (1879–1955), US poet. He developed an original and colorful style, writing his poetry privately and mostly in isolation from the literary community. His Collected Poems (1954) won a Pulitzer Prize. Stevens, Wallace in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Stevens, Wallace in the British & World English dictionary