Ingrid Bengis
Ingrid Bengis | |
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | September 14, 1944
Died | July 13, 2017 Stonington, Maine, U.S. | (aged 72)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Spouse |
Ingrid Bengis was born in 1944 in
Writer
She is best known for her pioneering collection of essays on love, hate and sexuality, Combat in the Erogenous Zone, (Knopf 1972). The book received critical acclaim and was nominated for a National Book Award. The New York Times Book Review said, "It must be read and it must be taken seriously if human sexuality is ever going to live up to its notices" while Newsweek called it "a remarkable book...that has probably moved both women and men on a deeper level than any other document of the new feminism". It was reissued in 1990 after Martin Duberman, writing in The Village Voice asked, "Where is this astonishing writer? Why has she dropped from sight". The reissue by HarperCollins included a new introduction by Duberman, in which he wrote, "(Bengis) was only twenty eight when the book was published, but had lived so intensely and could describe her experiences so freshly...that her ruminations about love, hate and sex struck many of us who were older than she as astonishingly vivid and wise. Nearly twenty years later, they still do." Among the most frequently cited quotes from the book are "Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match" and "For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change", quoted by Barack Obama in one of his 2008 campaign speeches.
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She is also the author of a novel, I Have Come here to be Alone, Simon & Schuster, 1977 and a contributor to many magazines and journals. Her work has been translated into six languages, most recently Russian, where her essay Home: Variations on a Theme appeared in the highly respected literary magazine Zvezda.
Business Woman
Ingrid Bengis founded Ingrid Bengis Seafood in 1985 and owned and managed the establishment for 30 years. She developed a special connection between the fishermen of Maine and the elite chefs of the United States.[3] Chefs with whom she worked included Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Dan Barber.
Quotes by Ingrid Bengis
'Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change'
Bibliography
- Combat in the Erogenous Zone: Writings on Love, Hate, and Sex. Wildwood House, London, 1973, ISBN 0-7045-0025-6
- I Have Come Here to Be Alone, a novel
- Metro Stop Dostoevsky: Travels in Russian Time
References
- ^ "Stonington writer who sold famous chefs on fresh Maine seafood dies of cancer". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ^ "The Owl" (PDF). Columbia University School of General Studies. 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ Estabrook, Barry (October 8, 2010). "The Catch". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
External links
- Brief notice by publisher about Metro Stop Dostoevsky
- BBC News UK has a short article about Bengis and St. Petersburg