Bernard Benstock

Bernard Benstock (1930 – July 14, 1994) was a literary critic and professor of English at the University of Miami and an authority on British mystery writers and Irish writers Seán O'Casey and James Joyce.

Benstock was editor of the James Joyce Literary Supplement and a co-founder of the International James Joyce Foundation, where he served as president for eight years. He died on July 14, 1994, at the age of 64, in South Egremont, Massachusetts.

Shari Benstock, Bernstock's wife, donated about 1,500 documents of his to the Roberto Ruffilli Library in Forli, Italy.

Major works

Benstock, Bernard, and Staley, Thomas F., eds. (1976). Approaches to Joyce's Portrait: Ten Essays. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.