Background
Costa, Gustavo was born on March 21, 1930 in Rome. Came to the United States, 1961. Son of Paolo and Ida (Antonangelo) Costa.
Costa, Gustavo was born on March 21, 1930 in Rome. Came to the United States, 1961. Son of Paolo and Ida (Antonangelo) Costa.
Maturità Classica, Liceo Virgilio, Rome, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy cum laude, University Rome, 1954.
Assistant, Istituto di Filosofia, Rome, 1957-1960; instructor Italian, University de Lyon, Lyons, France, 1960-1961; instructor Italian, University of California, Berkeley, 1961-1963; assistant professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1963-1968; associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1972; professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1972-1991; professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, since 1991; department chairman Italian, University of California, Berkeley, 1973-1976, 88-91. Visiting professor Scuola di Studi Superiori, Naples, 1984, Institute Philosophy, U. Rome La Sapienza, 1992. Reviewer Radiotelevisione Italiana Corporation, Rome, 1982-1989.
Member American Association Teachers Italian, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Renaissance Society American, American Society for Aesthetics, Dante Society American, Faculty Club (Berkeley).
Married Natalia Zalessow, June 8, 1963. 1 child, Dora L.