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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

  • 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

References