Mark Musa

Mark Louis Musa was a translator and scholar of Italian literature.
Musa was a graduate of Rutgers University, the University of Florence, and Johns Hopkins University. He was a Guggenheim fellow and the author of articles and books, including Advent at the Gates: Dante's Comedy, published in 1974 by Indiana University Press. Best known for his translations of Italian classics, including Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch, he was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of German, French and Italian at Indiana [University Bloomington|Indiana University]. Musa translated and edited The Portable Dante and The Portable Machiavelli, both published by Penguin Books.
Musa died in Pollença, Mallorca, on 31 December 2014.