Benjamin Hoffmann (born 13 November 1985) is a French creative writer and professor at The Ohio State University in

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. 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

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, and the

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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, was the topic of his next book, ''Père et fils'', published in 2011 by

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. Also in 2011, he published his second novel, ''Anya Ivanovna'' with Éditions Bastingage. In 2015, he earned a Ph.D from

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after finishing a dissertation dedicated to the representations of North America in eighteenth-century French Literature. He is currently

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at The Ohio State University where he teaches Early Modern French Literature and creative writing.

Awards

Hoffmann received the Best PhD Dissertation Award ("Marguerite A. Peyre Prize") from the Department of French at Yale University in 2015. He also received a scholarship for academic excellence from the Sorbonne, and a Fellowship from th
Whiting Foundation

Books

* ''L'Île de la Sentinelle'', novel, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, coll. Blanche, 2022 * ''Les Paradoxes de la postérité'', monograph, Éditions de Minuit, coll. Paradoxe, 2019, * ''L'Amérique posthume'', monograph, Éditions Classiques Garnier, coll. L'Europe des Lumières, 2019 * Lezay-Marnésia, ''Lettres écrites des rives de l'Ohio'', critical edition, Éditions Classiques Garnier, coll. Americana, 2019 * ''American Pandemonium'', novel, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, coll. L’Arpenteur, 2016 * ''Père et fils'', Paris, Éditions Gallimard, coll. L’Arpenteur, 2011 * ''Anya Ivanovna'', novel, Bordeaux, Éditions Bastingage, 2011 * ''Le monde est beau on peut y voyager'', novel, Bordeaux, Éditions Bastingage, 2008

Books in English

* ''The Paradoxes of Posterity'', translated by Alan J. Singerman, Penn State UP, 2020 * ''Posthumous America'', translated by Alan J. Singerman, Penn State UP, 2018 * Lezay-Marnésia, ''Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio'', translated by Alan J. Singerman, Penn State UP, 2017

References

External links

OSU Faculty Homepage

Author's Website

Éditions de Minuit.
Benjamin Hoffmann

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