Hal Bennett
Hal Bennett | |
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Bennett author photo from the jacket of Wait Until The Evening | |
| Born | George Harold Bennett April 21, 1930 |
| Died | September 11, 2004 (aged 74) |
| Other names | Harriet Janeway John D. Revere |
| Occupation | Writer |
George Harold "Hal" Bennett (April 21, 1930 – September 11, 2004)[1][2] was an author known for a variety of books. His 1970 novel Lord of Dark Places was described as "a satirical and all but scatological attack on the phallic myth",[3] and was reprinted in 1997. He was Playboy's most promising writer of the year. [1] He also wrote under the pen names Harriet Janeway and John D. Revere (the Assassin series). His books are sometimes compared to Mark Twain's style of satire, but contain a much stronger sexual tone.
Awards and honors
- 1973: William Faulkner Prize
Selected bibliography
- The Mexico City Poems and House on Hay (Chicago: Obsidian Press, 1961)
- A Wilderness of Vines (Garden City: Doubleday, 1966)
- The Black Wine (Garden City: Doubleday, 1968)
- Lord of Dark Places (New York: Norton, 1970) (ISBN 1885983123) (ISBN 9781885983121)
- Wait Until the Evening (Garden City: Doubleday, 1974) (ISBN 0385010222) (ISBN 9780385010221)
- Seventh Heaven (Garden City: Doubleday, 1976) (ISBN 0385066597) (ISBN 9780385066594)
- Insanity Runs In Our Family: Short Stories (Garden City: Doubleday, 1977)(ISBN 0385066643) (ISBN 9780385066648)
Selected uncollected short stories
- "Wings of the Dove," Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Summer 1989), pp. 223-230
- "Miss Askew on Ice," Callaloo, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Winter 1987), pp. 1-12
- "Chewing Gum," Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Winter 1987), pp. 379-392
as Harriet Janeway
- This Passionate Land (1979)[5]
as John D. Revere
- Justin Perry : The Assassin[6]
- The Assassin 2 : Vatican Kill
- The Assassin 3 : Born To Kill
- The Assassin 4: Death's Running Mate
- The Assassin 5: Stud Service
Autobiography
- Bennett, Hal (1991). "The Visible Man". In Nakamura, Joyce (ed.). Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series. Vol. 13. Gale Research. pp. 73–88. ISBN 9780810345126.
Further reading
- Newman, Katharine, "An Evening with Hal Bennett: An Interview", Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Winter 1987), pp. 357–378.
- Packer, Nancy, [Review of Insanity Runs in Our Family], Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Summer 1978), pp. 335-36.
- Walcott, Ronald, "The Writer as Satirist, Part I: The Novels of Hal Bennett". Black World/Negro Digest, June 1974, pp. 36–48, 89–97; "The Writer as Magician/Priest, Part II: The Novels of Hal Bennett", Black World/Negro Digest, pp. 78–96.
References
- ^ The New Jersey Star-Ledger, Newark, September 11, 2004.
- ^ The Hal Bennett collection Archived 2014-05-20 at the Wayback Machine in the Contemporary Collections at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University
- ^ Walcott, Ronald (July 1974). "The Novels of Hal Bennett". Black World/Negro Digest. Johnson Publishing Company. p. 79.
- ^ Emmanuel S. Nelson (ed.), Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook.
- ^ "WebVoyage Record View 1".
- ^ "WebVoyage".