Bruce Benderson
Bruce Benderson (born August 6, 1946) is an American author, born to parents of Russian
In 2004, Benderson's lengthy erotic memoir Autobiographie érotique, about a nine-month sojourn in Romania, won the prestigious French literary prize Prix de Flore.[1] The book was published in the United States (Tarcher/Penguin) and the United Kingdom (Snow Books) in 2006 under the title The Romanian: Story of an Obsession.
Career
Benderson's book-length essay, Toward the New Degeneracy (1997), looks at New York's
A book-length essay by Benderson, Sexe et Solitude, about the extinction of
Benderson's shorter literary efforts have been published in Between C & D, 3:AM Magazine, American Letters and Commentary, Men on Men and Flesh and the Word.[5]
As a journalist, he has written on squatters for the
Benderson is the literary executor of the deceased novelist, Ursule Molinaro. He is mentioned in Frédéric Beigbeder's most recent book, Windows on the World. In 2006, he became a publishing associate at Virgin Books USA and later worked developing projects and editing proposals for the literary agent David Vigliano. He has taught at the maverick ranch college, Deep Springs, on three separate occasions. From 2008 to 2013, he wrote a monthly column, in French, for the magazine, Têtu. For his French publisher he completed a book about the future interfacing of biology and technology and the notion of The Singularity, as developed by Ray Kurzweil. The book is called Transhumain and was published by Editions Payot & Rivages in late October 2010.[citation needed]
In 2022, Benderson's long-awaited collection of complete short stories, Urban Gothic, will be published by ITNA Press.
See also
References
- ^ "Susan Henderson's LitPark". 4 October 2006.
- ^ UW Press - : Sex and Isolation: And Other Essays, Bruce Benderson, Foreword by Catherine Texier, Cultural Studies / Gender & Sexuality / Urban Studies / American Studies.
- ^ "The Landscapes of Gay Outlaw Writing". 28 November 2007.
- ^ "Whitney Museum of American Art: Semiotext(e)". Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
- ^ "Bruce Benderson".
- ^ "Squatter Chic". The New York Times. 24 March 1996.
- ^ Baise-Moi (Rape Me) | Grove Atlantic.
External links
- Bruce Benderson's Facebook page
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- Interview with Bruce Benderson from 2001
- Review of Benderson memoir in LA Times
- Fluctuat.net interview from 2005
- Interview with Bruce Benderson in Apartamento
- Interview with Bruce Benderson in LitPark
- Interview with Bruce Benderson on France Culture (in French)
- Articles about Bruce Benderson in Le Monde (in French)
- Bruce Benderson in Le Nouvel Observateur (in French)
- Bruce Benderson reviewed in Liberation (in French)