Marion Benasutti (néeGosette; 1908–1992) was an American writer. The daughter of immigrants fromNorthern Italy, she was born inBrandy Camp, Pennsylvania, and grew up inPhiladelphia. She learned English in school as a child, and never finished high school, yet enjoyed a successful writing career.[1]
Benasutti was the women's editor of Philadelphia'sItalian-American Herald, contributing news, features, and a column (Speaking Italian). Her stories and articles have been published widely in magazines such asReader's Digest,McCall's,Redbook,Seventeen, theLiterary Review, andAmerican Home;[1] and in anthologies such asRose Basile Green'sThe Italian-American Novel: A Document of the Interaction of Two Cultures (1974) andHelen Barolini'sThe Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women (1985). In 1966, she published a novel titledNo SteadyJob for Papa.[note 1] It tells the story of an immigrant family in Pennsylvania during World War I, struggling to get by despite the father's inability to hold down a steady job.[2][3] The book was later republished in Germany and Italy.[1]
She married Frank Benasutti, an engineer, in 1930, and had two sons. She died inHuntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, on December 28, 1992, and was buried in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery inCheltenham, Pennsylvania.[1]
