Aldo Busi

The Profile

Italian author, essayist and translator, born 1948, known for candid and often provocative prose and for translating English-language works into Italian.

Aldo Busi is publicly known as an Italian writer and translator noted for frank autobiographical elements, social critique and stylistic boldness. His work has generated controversy and attention in Italian literary circles.

A single DeBaser review by Armand reads Busi as a vital, candid writer who turns salesmanship and intimate details into social and psychic inquiry. The review mixes admiration for Busi's frankness with critical distance. Themes: commerce, identity, disillusioned love, family rupture.