Salvatore John Giovanni La Puma (February 21, 1929 – May 8, 2008) was an Italian American short story writer.

Life

He was born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. In 1951, he was drafted, and served in the Korea War as a medic. In 1959, he moved to Westchester, and worked as an advertising copy editor. In 1967, he moved to Santa Barbara, California.[1][2][3] He married Linda Ferrara in 1955; they had six children; they divorced in 1977; he married Joan Dewberry in 1980; they divorced in 2000.[4][5]

His work appeared in Antioch Review, Kenyon Review.[6] and Zyzzyva.[7] He died in Santa Barbara on May 8, 2008.

Awards

Works

Anthologies

References

  1. ^ Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, ed. (2005). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature: I - M. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33062-9.
  2. ^ Fred L. Gardaphé (1996). Dagoes read: tradition and the Italian/American writer. Guernica Editions. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-55071-031-1. Salvatore La Puma.
  3. ^ Poets & Writers
  4. ^ Salvatore John LaGumina, ed. (2000). The Italian American experience: an encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8153-0713-6.
  5. ^ http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=KZSB&ID=565301388691767311&Archive=true[dead link]
  6. ^ "Inside the Fire", Kenyon Review, 1989
  7. ^ ""Photograph", "Lightning", "The Four Of Us", "Paradise", Zyzzyva, Spring '85 - Winter '08 (Issue Nos. 1 - 84)". Archived from the original on 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  8. ^ "The PEN / O. Henry Awards Stories"
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