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Bio

(1940-2013) Poet, playwright. Ben Pleasants was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, and died Crescent City, California. He graduated from Hofstra University.

Full Name

Ben Pleasants

Locations

Nassau

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Pleasants grew up in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York.

1940

BIRTH

Ben Pleasants was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, on August 6, 1940.

1958

OTHER

Mr. Pleasants attended C. W. Post College from 1958 to 1960.

1962

OTHER

Mr. Pleasants graduated from Hofstra University in 1962.

1970

LITWORK

The Gluttons


Play.

1978

LITWORK

Winter In Mongolia
Beverly Hills: Jacobin Books.

Play.

1997

LITWORK

The Hemingway / Dos Passos Wars
Engadine Books.

Play.

2002

LITWORK

Contentious Minds: The Mary McCarthy / Lillian Hellman Affair


Play.

2004

LITWORK

Visceral Bukowski: Inside the Sniper Landscape of L.A. Writers
Sun Dog Press.
0941543382 / 978-0941543385
Nonfiction.

2010

LITWORK

Spearmint Leaves
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
1453695451 / 978-1453695456
Novel.

2011

LITWORK

Ghosts of Pumpkin Park
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
1456346350 / 978-1456346355
Play.

2011

LITWORK

The Victory of Defeat
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
1463590342 / 978-1463590345
Novel.

2013

DEATH

Ben Pleasants died in Crescent City, California, on April 18, 2013.

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