Background
Stoltzfus, Ben Frank was born on September 15, 1927 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Son of B. Frank and Esther (Johnson) Stoltzfus.
language educator literary critic novelist translator
Stoltzfus, Ben Frank was born on September 15, 1927 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Son of B. Frank and Esther (Johnson) Stoltzfus.
Bachelor, Amherst College, Massachusetts, 1949. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Amherst College, Massachusetts, 1974. Master of Arts, Middlebury College, Vermont, 1954.
Postgraduate, University Paris, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1959.
Teaching assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1956-1958; instructor in French, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1958-1960; professor French, comparative literature and creative writing, University of California, Riverside, 1960-1993; emeritus, University of California, Riverside, since 1993.
Member American Library Association, Modern Language Association, American Comparative Literature Association, Hemingway Society, New Novel Association, Camus Society, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Associated Writing Programs, Poets and Writers.
Married Elizabeth Burton, August 20, 1955. Divorced 1975; children: Jan, Celia, Andrew. Married Judith Palmer, November 8, 1975.