Benjamin Hoffmann
Benjamin Hoffmann is a French creative writer and professor at The Ohio State University. He's the author of novels and essays published in France and the United States. He specializes in the literature and culture of eighteenth-century France, and is the author of books and articles on transatlantic studies, the introduction of Buddhism in the West, and literary theory.
Biography
Born in France in 1985, Benjamin Hoffmann studied literature and philosophy at the University of Bordeaux, Sorbonne University, and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. His first book, Le monde est beau on peut y voyager, was published in 2008 by Éditions Bastingage. In 2009, he became Language Assistant in the Department of French at Amherst College. The sudden death of his father, Patrick Hoffmann, is the topic of his following book, Père et fils, published in 2011 by Éditions Gallimard. Also in 2011, he published with Éditions Bastingage his second novel, Anya Ivanovna. In 2015, he earned a PhD from Yale University after finishing a dissertation dedicated to the representations of North America in eighteenth-century French Literature. He is currently Associate Professor at The Ohio State University where he teaches Early Modern French Literature and creative writing.
Books
- Les Paradoxes de la postérité, monograph, Éditions de Minuit, coll. « Paradoxe », 2019, ISBN 978-2-707-34503-5 Search this book on
. - L'Amérique posthume, monograph, Éditions Classiques Garnier, coll. « L'Europe des Lumières », 2019 ISBN 978-2-406-07822-7 Search this book on .
- Lezay-Marnésia, Lettres écrites des rives de l'Ohio, critical edition, Éditions Classiques Garnier, coll. « Americana », 2019ISBN 978-2-406-07825-8 Search this book on .
- American Pandemonium, novel, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, coll. « L’Arpenteur », 2016 ISBN 978-2-07-014227-9 Search this book on .
- Père et fils, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, coll. « L’Arpenteur », 2011 ISBN 978-2-07-013332-1 Search this book on .
- Anya Ivanovna, novel, Bordeaux, Éditions Bastingage, 2011 ISBN 978-2-35060-023-9 Search this book on .
- Le monde est beau on peut y voyager, novel, Bordeaux, Éditions Bastingage, 2008 ISBN 978-2350600161 Search this book on .
Books in English Translation
- The Paradoxes of Posterity, translated by Alan J. Singerman, Penn State UP, 2020 ISBN 978-0-271-087030 Search this book on .
- Posthumous America, translated by Alan J. Singerman, Penn State UP, 2018 ISBN 978-0-271-08007-9 Search this book on .
- Lezay-Marnésia, Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio, translated by Alan J. Singerman, Penn State UP, 2017ISBN 978-0-271-07716-1 Search this book on .
External Links
- OSU Faculty Homepage
- Author's Website
- Benjamin Hoffmann: Éditions de Minuit.
- Benjamin Hoffmann: Éditions Gallimard.
- Bibliothèque nationale de France • Bibliothèque du Congrès • Fichier d'autorité international virtuel • WorldCat
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