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Bruce Benderson

ブルース・ベンダーソン

Burūsu Bendāson

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1946-08-06 (New York (state))
Nationality
American
Languages
English, French
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
New York

Career

Occupations
novelist, essayist, journalist, translator
Active Years
1994-2022

Education

William Nottingham High School
General Studies
Degree: 高校卒業
Period: 1960-1964
Year of Graduation: 1964
Country: United States
Syracuse, New York
Binghamton University
Literature
Period: 1964-1969
Year of Graduation: 1969
Country: United States

Awards

Prix de Flore
2004
Work: Autobiographie érotique
Organization: Prix de Flore Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Romanian: Story of an Obsession

2004 Erotic Memoir

Erotic memoir about a nine-month sojourn in Romania.

sexual obsessionurban decay
Translations
  • English edition: The Romanian

Bibliography

  • User (1994)
  • Toward the New Degeneracy (1997)
  • James Bidgood (1999)
  • Sexe et Solitude (1999)
  • Attitudes (2006)
  • Sex and Isolation (2007)
  • Pacific Agony (2009)
  • Against Marriage (2014)
  • Urban Gothic (2022)

Translations by Author

  • Baise-Moi (Virginie Despentes)
  • Good Sex Illustrated (Tony Duvert)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyricaldegeneratesatirical
Recurring Motifs
urban degeneracysexual explorationclass mingling

Legacy

American author highly regarded in French literary circles, winner of Prix de Flore. Focuses on New York underground culture and sexual themes.

Trivia

  • Of Russian Jewish descent.
  • Taught at Deep Springs College.