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Salvatore La Puma

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

Life

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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

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Works

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  • The boys of Bensonhurst: stories. University of Georgia Press. 1987. ISBN 978-0-8203-0891-3.
  • A Time for Wedding Cake Norton. Random House. 1991. ISBN 978-0-517-12513-7.
  • Teaching Angels to Fly. W W Norton & Co Inc. June 1992. ISBN 978-0-393-03358-8.

Anthologies

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References

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