Aldo Busi | |
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Born | Montichiari (Brescia), Lombardy, Italy | 25 February 1948
Occupation | Novelist, translator |
Language | Italian |
Nationality | Italian |
Citizenship | Italian |
Alma mater | University of Verona |
Period | 1984–present |
Literary movement | Postmodernism |
Notable works | Seminar on Youth The Standard Life of a Temporary Pantyhose Salesman Sodomies in Elevenpoint |
Notable awards | Premio Mondello 1984, Premio Frignano 2002, Premio Boccaccio 2013. |
Aldo Busi (born 25 February 1948) is a contemporary Italian writer and translator, famous for his linguistic invention and for his polemic force as well as for some prestigious translations from English, German and ancient Italian that include Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Lewis Carroll, Christina Stead, Giovanni Boccaccio, Baldesar Castiglione, Friedrich Schiller, Joe Ackerley, John Ashbery, Heimito von Doderer, Ruzante, Meg Wolitzer, Paul Bailey, Nathaniel Hawthorne.[1]