Hal Bennett Explained
| Hal Bennett |
| Birth Name: | George Harold Bennett |
| Birth Date: | April 21, 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Buckingham, Virginia |
| Death Date: | September 11, 2004 |
| Death Place: | Newark, New Jersey |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Nationality: | American |
| Other Names: | Harriet Janeway
John D. Revere |
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 Playboys most promising writer of the year. http://www.turtlepoint.com/catalogue/bennett-lordofdarkplaces.html 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
Selected bibliography
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- 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)
- Wait Until the Evening (Garden City: Doubleday, 1974)
- Seventh Heaven (Garden City: Doubleday, 1976)
- Insanity Runs In Our Family: Short Stories (Garden City: Doubleday, 1977)
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
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
- Book: Bennett, Hal . 1991 . Nakamura . Joyce . Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series . 13 . Gale Research . 73–88 . The Visible Man . 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.
Notes and References
- The New Jersey Star-Ledger, Newark, September 11, 2004.
- http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/archives-cc/app/details.php?id=7415&return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bu.edu%2Fphpbin%2Farchives-cc%2Fapp%2Fbrowse.php%3Fletter%3DB%26sort_column%3Dcomposite_name%26sort_direction%3DASC%26per_page%3D10%26offset%3D40%26set_page%3Dnext The Hal Bennett collection
- News: The Novels of Hal Bennett. Black World/Negro Digest. Ronald. Walcott. 79. Johnson Publishing Company. July 1974.
- Emmanuel S. Nelson (ed.), Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook.
- Web site: WebVoyage Record View 1.
- Web site: WebVoyage.
