Ben Stoltzfus has been a professor emeritus of Comparative Literature, Creative Writing and French at the University of California, Riverside, since 1993.
RIVERSIDE, CA, April 19, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Ben Stoltzfus, Ph.D., with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Stoltzfus celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Dr. Stoltzfus has been a professor emeritus of Comparative Literature, Creative Writing and French at the University of California, Riverside, since 1993. Teaching at the Riverside campus for 33 years beginning in 1960, he was Vice-Chair of the Humanities Division and served on many committees. He also chaired the Creative Writing department for several years. His tenure in academia, which stems back to 1956, began while working as a teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison while pursuing his doctorate degree. He also taught for two years as an instructor of French at Smith College in Northampton, MA, between 1958 and 1960. Dr. Stoltzfus was in academia for a total of 52 years. In addition to his teaching credentials, Dr. Stoltzfus is an internationally known Robbe-Grillet, Hemingway, Magritte, Gide, and inter-arts scholar, renowned novelist, translator and critic in his field.
The author of 12 books and monographs of literary criticism and eight novels, Dr. Stoltzfus has also published approximately 150 articles and literary reviews in scholarly journals and other professional publications, including PMLA, North Dakota Quarterly, Comparative Literature and Les Lettres Modernes, among many others. Dr. Stoltzfus' Gide's Eagles, published in 1969, received the Modern Language Association's "Scholar's Library" Award. His 1996 book Lacan and Literature: Purloined Pretexts notably received a Gradiva Award in 1997. Some of his more recent novels include Romoland: A Pictonovel, which was released in 2016 with its second edition in 2017. Falling and Other Stories appeared in 2018, and Dumpster, for God's Sake in April 2019. Romoland is a picto-novel that Dr. Stoltzfus collaborated with his wife Judith Palmer, an artist. It includes 25 pieces of her artwork. He also collaborated with the artist, Allie Kirschner, his granddaughter, on Alliecats--a book of 53 cat cartoons. At the age of 91, Dr. Stoltzfus is currently working on a new novel, Transgression, and a book on D.H. Lawrence.
A longtime member of multiple professional organizations, Dr. Stoltzfus remains active with the Modern Language Association, the American Comparative Literature Association, the Hemingway Society, the New Novel Association and the D.H. Lawrence Society, among others.
Dr. Stoltzfus received multiple grants and fellowships for his work, namely a 2006 Distinguished Emeritus Award from the University of California, Riverside, where he was also named the Edward A. Dickson Distinguished Professor Emeritus in 2013, and was the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Letters from Amherst College in 1974. He has been cited in several editions of Who's Who in American Education and Who's Who in the West.
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Dr. Stoltzfus' parents, who were born in the United States, traveled to Bulgaria to teach at the American College of Sofia. His father taught psychology and comparative religions while his mother served as dean of girls. Eventually making their way back to the United States, Dr. Stoltzfus graduated from Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, OH in 1945. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in 1949, followed by a Master of Arts in French from Middlebury College in 1954. Upon the completion of his master's degree, he spent one year studying at the University of Paris on a Fulbright grant between 1955 and 1956. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in French at the University of Wisconsin in 1959.
Married to his wife Judith Palmer since 1975, Dr. Stoltzfus has three children, four step-children and two granddaughters. In retirement, he enjoys staying active by reading, writing, playing tennis, skiing, snorkeling and working in his garden. He also loves to travel.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Ben Stoltzfus, Ph.D., has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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