Mark Musa

Mark Louis (Sonny) Musa (27 May 1934{{cite web |url=http://lccn.loc.gov/n50027637 |title=Musa, Mark |work=Library of Congress Authorities |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=February 7, 2014}} – December 31, 2014{{cite journal |author=Christopher Kleinhenz |title=In Memoriam Mark Louis Musa (1934–2014) |journal=Dante Studies |volume=132 |year=2014 |pages=313–317 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43490523}}) was a translator and scholar of Italian literature.

Musa was a graduate of Rutgers University (B.A., 1956), the University of Florence (as Fulbright Scholar of the U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission 1956–1958), and Johns Hopkins University (M.A., 1959; Ph.D., 1961). 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,Musa translated the three volumes of The Divine Comedy for Penguin Classics, and Dante's Vita Nuova: A New Edition (1973) for Indiana University Press. Boccaccio, and Petrarch,{{cite web |title=Mark Louis Musa |publisher=Indiana University Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Fellows |url=http://alliance.iu.edu/members/member.phtml?id=1154 |accessdate=February 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222165745/http://alliance.iu.edu/members/member.phtml?id=1154 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }} he was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of German, French and Italian at Indiana University. Musa translated and edited The Portable Dante and (with Peter Bondanella) The Portable Machiavelli, both published by Penguin Books.{{Cite web |title=Penguin Classics Search Results Page |publisher=Penguin Classics |url=http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/nf/Search/QuickSearchProc/1,,Author_1000023423,00.html |accessdate=February 14, 2010}}

Musa died in Pollença, Mallorca, on December 31, 2014.