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Left-wing, feminist and homosexual political militant, fervently anticlerical in his life and in his art, he published a serie of 5 "end-of-millennium" essays and 6 manuals "for a perfect humanity" that intend to analyse contemporary socio-political issues and propose some guidelines to handle them in daily life. Because of his open stances and his straightforward language and depictions he finds himself to be often in the middle of given and received lawsuits. |
Left-wing, feminist and homosexual political militant, fervently anticlerical in his life and in his art, he published a serie of 5 "end-of-millennium" essays and 6 manuals "for a perfect humanity" that intend to analyse contemporary socio-political issues and propose some guidelines to handle them in daily life. Because of his open stances and his straightforward language and depictions he finds himself to be often in the middle of given and received lawsuits. |
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Particular attention wins in 1990 the case of his fourth book ''[[Sodomies in Elevenpoint]]'', that receives a large media coverage but for which he is fully absolved. It is only the parent of his legal proceedings because the same fate will affect several of his future works, magazines and newspapers articles, and TV appearances. |
Particular attention wins in 1990 the case of his fourth book ''[[Sodomies in Elevenpoint]]'', that receives a large media coverage but for which he is fully absolved. It is only the parent of his legal proceedings because the same fate will affect several of his future works, magazines and newspapers articles, and TV appearances. |
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His extensive literary production includes |
His extensive literary production includes also 7 travel books (among which ''[[Uses and Abuses]]''), 2 novellas, a collection of stories, a fable, two theatre plays, a screenplay, 2 song books and 2 self-portraits. |
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Indefatigable traveller, his reports from the 5 continents also consistently contributed to his fame as a valued narrator and observer. |
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He occasionally writes also for newspapers and magazines. |
He occasionally writes also for newspapers and magazines. |
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Between 1995 and 2008 he directs a book series for the publisher Frassinelli on modern Literature classicals that includes new translations in contemporary language. |
Between 1995 and 2008 he directs a book series for the publisher Frassinelli on modern Literature classicals that includes new translations in contemporary language. |
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Aldo Busi | |
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Born | Montichiari (Brescia) | February 25, 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].
Biography
Early years: youth and literary training
He was born in Montichiari, near Brescia in Lombardy.
Third son of Marcello Busi (1913 – 1982) and Maria Bonora (1914 – 2008) he is raised in poverty conditions with his father, mother and siblings getting noticed for his predisposition to writing (according to the writer himself already since he attended the third year of elementary school his essays were awaited). At 14 years he's obliged by his father, manager of a tavern, to leave school and he begins to work as a waiter in several locations in the Lake Garda area. He then transfers to Milan and in 1968 he wins the exemption from the military service thanks to the article 28/a that waives self-proclaimed homosexuals. He decides after to live abroad, first in France between 1969 and 1970 (Lille and then Paris), then in Britain (London between 1970 and 1971), Germany (Munich, 1971 and 1972, Berlin in 1974), Spain (Barcelona in 1973) and in the US (New York, in 1976) working as waiter, sweeper, night porter or kitchen boy. He therefore learns several languages (French, English, German, Spanish) and keeps on revising Il Monoclino (his debut book that in 1984 will be published with the definitive title of Seminar on Youth)[2]. Back in Italy he works occasionally as an interpreter (experience that will be at the basis of his second novel The Standard Life of a Temporary Pantyhose Salesman[3] and he engages in his first translations from English and German. In the meantime he gets a G.E.D. in Florence in 1976 and in 1981 he graduates in Foreign Languages and Literatures at Università di Verona, with a thesis on the American poet John Ashbery. Of Ashbery in 1983 Busi will translate Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror that will eventually win the prestigious Accademia dei Lincei prize.
Maturity and success: the novelist, the essayist, the translator
Busi puts the novel to the center of his production (he wrote 7) as he considers it to be the highest form of literature for structure complexity, aesthetic contents and expressive flexibility. Close observer of society and customs, particularly Italian ones, his characters reflect a deep psychological insight, and their fictional context is outlined with vivid impressionistic realism.
Left-wing, feminist and homosexual political militant, fervently anticlerical in his life and in his art, he published a serie of 5 "end-of-millennium" essays and 6 manuals "for a perfect humanity" that intend to analyse contemporary socio-political issues and propose some guidelines to handle them in daily life. Because of his open stances and his straightforward language and depictions he finds himself to be often in the middle of given and received lawsuits. Particular attention wins in 1990 the case of his fourth book Sodomies in Elevenpoint, that receives a large media coverage but for which he is fully absolved. It is only the parent of his legal proceedings because the same fate will affect several of his future works, magazines and newspapers articles, and TV appearances.
His extensive literary production includes also 7 travel books (among which Uses and Abuses), 2 novellas, a collection of stories, a fable, two theatre plays, a screenplay, 2 song books and 2 self-portraits. Indefatigable traveller, his reports from the 5 continents also consistently contributed to his fame as a valued narrator and observer. He occasionally writes also for newspapers and magazines. Between 1995 and 2008 he directs a book series for the publisher Frassinelli on modern Literature classicals that includes new translations in contemporary language. Between 2004 and 2009 he hosts a TV program on Literature. In 2006 the literary critic Marco Cavalli writes the first monograph on Aldo Busi titled Busi in corpo 11 where he describes, analyses and comments the whole writer's work.
Works
- Seminar on Youth (Seminario sulla gioventu'), translated by Stuart Hood, London, Faber and Faber, 1989.
ISBN 0571152899 9780571152896
- The Standard Life of a Temporary Pantyhose Salesman (Vita standard di un venditore provvisorio di collant), translated by Raymond Rosenthal, New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988; London, Faber and Faber, 1990.
ISBN 0374528195 9780374528195
- La delfina bizantina, Milan, Mondadori, 1986.
- Sodomies in Elevenpoint (Sodomie in corpo 11), translated by Stuart Hood, London, Faber and Faber, 1992.
ISBN 0571142052 9780571142057
- Uses and Abuses (Altri abusi), translated by Stuart Hood, London, Faber and Faber, 1997.
ISBN 0571179053 9780571179053
- Pate'd'homme, Milan, Mondadori, 1989.
- L'amore e' una budella gentile, Milan, Leonardo, 1991.
- Sentire le donne, Milan, Bompiani, 1991.
- Manuale del perfetto gentilomo, Milan, Sperling & Kupfer, 1992.
- Le persone normali, Milan, Mondadori, 1992.
- Vendita galline km2, Milan, Mondadori, 1993.
- Manuale della perfetta gentildonna, Milan, Sperling & Kupfer, 1994.
- Cazzi e canguri, Milan, Frassinelli, 1994.
- Madre Asdrubala, Milan, Mondadori, 1995.
- Suicidi dovuti, Milan, Frassinelli, 1996.
- La vergine Alatiel, Milan, Mondadori, 1996.
- Nudo di madre, Milan, Bompiani, 1997.
- L'amore trasparente, Milan, Mondadori, 1997.
- Aloha!!!!!, Milan, Bompiani, 1998.
- Per un'Apocalisse piu' svelta, Milan, Bompiani, 1999.
- Casanova di se stessi, Milan, Mondadori, 2000.
- Manuale della perfetta mamma, Milan, Mondadori, 2000.
- Manuale del perfetto papa' , Milan, Mondadori, 2001.
- Un cuore di troppo, Milan, Mondadori, 2001.
- Manuale del perfetto single, Milan, Mondadori, 2002.
- La signorina Gentilin dell'omonima cartoleria, Milan, Oscar Mondadori, 2002.
- La camicia di Hanta, Milan, Mondadori, 2003.
- Guancia di tulipano, Milan, Oscar Mondadori, 2003.
- E io, che ho le rose fiorite anche d'inverno?, Milan, Mondadori, 2004.
- Bisogna avere i coglioni per prenderlo nel culo, Milan, Mondadori, 2006.
- Aaa!, Milan, Bompiani, 2010.
- El especialista de Barcelona, Milan, Dalai Editore, 2012.
- E baci, Rome, Editoriale Il Fatto Quotidiano, 2013.
- Vacche amiche, Venice, Marsilio Editore, 2015.
- L'altra mammella delle vacche amiche, Venice, Marsilio Editore, 2015.
- Le consapevolezze ultime, Turin, Einaudi, 2018.
Bibliography
- Marco Cavalli (a cura di), Dritte per l'aspirante artista (televisivo): Aldo Busi fa lezione ad Amici, Milan, Feltrinelli, 2005.
ISBN 8804539259 9788804539254
- Marco Cavalli, Busi in corpo 11: miracoli e misfatti, opere e opinioni, lettere e sentenze, Milan, Il Saggiatore, 2006.
ISBN 8842812129 9788842812128
- Marco Cavalli, Aldo Busi, Florence, Cadmo, 2007.
References
External links
Newspaper article 24-05-2015 [3]