Ben Stoltzfus

Professor Emeritus | Literature And Language Professor | Translator | Critic

Ben Stoltzfus

A Timeline of Professional Milestones 

1927

Born to B. Frank and Esther A. Stoltzfus in Sofia, Bulgaria.

1949

Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in Massachusetts and a Master of Arts from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1954.

1955

Begins postgraduate studies at the University of Paris and completes coursework in 1956.

1955

Receives the Fulbright-Hays Research Grant to Paris through 1956, and again in 1963 through 1964.

1956

Becomes a teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, until 1958.

1958

Teaches as an instructor in French at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, until 1960.

1959

Earns a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin.

1960

Teaches as a professor of French, Comparative Literature and Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside.

1964

Writes “Alain Robbee-Grillet and the New French Novel,” the first book in English about the French nouveau roman.

1967

Writes “The Eye of the Needle”; receives Creative Arts Institute Awards from the University of California.

1969

Writes “Gide’s Eagles;” receives the MLA Scholar’s Library Award and the Humanities Institute Awards from the University of California.

1974

Earns an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Amherst College.

1983

Is a Camargo Foundation Grantee, and again in 1985.

1991

Is named a University California Fellow by the Center for Ideas and Society and maintains this status.

1993

Retires and earns the title of Professor Emeritus for his years of service to the University of California, Riverside.

1996

Writes “Lancan and Literature: Purloined Pretexts”; receives the Gradiva Award from the NAAP.

2013

Named the Edward. A. Dickson Distinguished Prof. Emeritus of Comparative Lit.; writes “Magritte and Literature: Elective Affinities.”

2013

Receives grant from the University of California and writes “Magritte and Literature: Elective Affinities.”

2016

Writes “Romoland: A Pictonovel,” illustrated by Judith Palmer, second edition, 2017.

2019

Writes “Dumpster, for God’s Sake” and “Alliecats: 53 Graphic Tales & Fun Puns About Cats,” illustrated by Allie Kirschner.

 

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