Ingrid Bengis
American writer
Ingrid Anne Bengis-Palei (née Bengis; Russian: Ингрид Энн Бенгис-Палей; 1944–2017), known professionally as Ingrid Bengis (Russian: Ингрид Бенгис), was an American writer, scholar, fishmonger and businessperson based in Stonington, Maine and St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1973, Bengis was nominated for a National Book Award for Combat in the Erogenous Zone (1972).
Early life and education
Ingrid Anne Bengis was born on August 14, 1944 in Manhattan, New York City to a Jewish–Russian parents. Bengis' mother, Maria Bengis (née Sklar), was born to a Jewish family in Odesa, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) and fled to the United States in 1921. Bengis' father, Lev Maximovich Bengis, was born to a Jewish family in Vilnius, Congress Poland (present-day, Lithuania). Bengis' paternal grandparents, aunts and uncles died during the holocaust.
Bengis grow up in Manhattan and Amsterdam, New York. Bengis' younger brother, Steven Bengis (1947–2015), was a psychologist known for co-founding the NEARI School and for being the director of the Massachusetts Adolescent Sexual Offender Coalition (MASOC).
Bengis graduated from Wilbur H. Lynch High School in 1961.
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