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3 unusual facts about Bruce Benderson


Bruce Benderson

He attended William Nottingham High School (1964) in Syracuse, New York and then Binghamton University (1968).

He has translated several books of French origin, including Virginie Despentes' novel Baise Moi (which was later adapted into a controversial film); the writers Robbe-Grillet, Pierre Guyotat, Sollers, Benoît Duteurtre, Grégoire Bouillier, Philippe Djian, Martin Page and Nelly Arcan; and, though it is quite far away from his usual subject matter, the autobiography of Céline Dion.

Ursule Molinaro

On several of her translations, she collaborated with her close friend, the writer Bruce Benderson, who now serves as her literary executor.



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