Petrarch (118 page)

MARK MUSA is Distinguished Professor of Italian at Indiana University. He

has translated and edited critical editions of many Italian literary classics,

including Dante’s
Divine Comedy
and
Vita nuova, The Decameron, The

Portable Machiavelli,
and
The Portable Dante.
He recently published

The Indiana Critical Edition of Dante’s
Inferno
as well as a

new translation of Pirandello’s most important plays. He is

author of
Advent at the Gates: Dantes Comedy
and

An Essay on the Vita nuova.
In 1983 he was

awarded the “Fiorino d’oro” by the city

of Florence. In 1996 he received

the Distinguished Teaching and

Mentoring Award from

the Graduate School

of Indiana University.