Mark Musa is a graduate of Rutgers University (B.A., 1956), the University of Florence (Fullbright, 1956-1958), and the Johns Hopkins University (M.A., 1959; Ph.D., 1961). He is a former Guggenheim fellow and the author of a number of books and articles. Best known for his translations of the Italian classics (Dante and the poetry of the Middle Ages), he is Distinguished Professor of French and Italian at the center for Italian studies, Indiana University. Mr. Musa has also translated and edited The Portable Dante and, with Peter Bondanella , The Portable Machiavelli, both published with Penguin Books.
The above paragraph taken from the Penguin Books edition of Dante's Inferno.
