Elio Zappulla

Background

Elio Zappulla was born on March 5, 1933, in New York City. He is the son of Joseph and Rita (Fera) Zappulla.

Education

Elio received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from Brooklyn College, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Career

Elio began his career as a teaching fellow at Brooklyn College. He then worked at East Meadow and Setauket schools. Professor of literature and languages for many decades. He served as an assistant professor of French, Italian, and English at Suffolk College and the State University of New York. Since 1989 Zappulla was a professor of English at Dowling College, Oakdale, New York.

Zappulla published his first literary work, Evaluating Administrative Performance: Current Trends and Techniques, in 1983. He edited, with Susan L. Rosenstreich and Ann Steinmetz, Second First Art: Poetry in Translation and Essays on the Art of Translation in Honor of Aaron Kramer, which was published in 1996. Elio Zappulla is also the author of a poetic English version of Dante’s Inferno, Purgatoria and Paradiso.

Achievements

• Elio Zappulla is an acclaimed writer and editor. He is known for his translation of Dante's Inferno into English.

Works

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  • Inferno 1998
  • Evaluating Administrative Performance: Current Trends and Technique 1983

Membership

Zappulla is a member of the Modem Language Association.

Connections

Elio was married twice. He married Lynette, a psychologist, on August 23, 1968. He has four children from two marriages.

Father:

Joseph Zappulla

Mother:

Rita (Fera) Zappulla

Spouse:

Lynette Zappulla

Son:

Robert Zappulla

Daughter:

Laura Zappulla

Son:

David Zappulla

Daughter:

Eve Zappulla

References

• Contemporary Authors
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