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Aldo Buzzi

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Aldo Buzzi
Aldo Buzzi
Born(1910-08-10)10 August 1910
Como, Italy
Died9 October 2009(2009-10-09) (aged 99)
Milan, Italy
Occupation(s)Author and architect

Aldo Buzzi (10 August 1910 – 9 October 2009) was an author and architect.[1]

Born in Como, Italy, Buzzi graduated from the Milan School of Architecture in 1938. Though primarily an author of travel and gastronomy books, he also worked as an architect; as assistant director, scene writer, and screenwriter for various film production companies in the former Yugoslavia, and in Rome, Italy, and France. He edited the following films: La Kermesse héroïque, Ridolini e la collana della suocera e Ridolini esploratore, and Sette anni di guai, all produced by Editoriale Domus, 1945.

He was part of the third generation of Lombard line.

Publications

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  • Taccuino dell'aiuto-regista (1944)
  • Quando la pantera rugge (1972)
  • Piccolo diario americano, illustrated by Saul Steinberg (1974)
  • L'uovo alla kok: ricette, curiosita (1979)
  • Viaggio in Terra delle mosche e altri viaggi (1994); translated into English by Ann Goldstein and published as Journey to the Land of the Flies (1996)
  • Cechov a Sondrio (1991)
  • A Weakness for Almost Everything (1999); translated by Ann Goldstein
  • The Perfect Egg and Other Secrets (2005); translated by Guido Waldman, illustrated by Saul Steinberg
  • Parliamo d'altro (2006)

References

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  1. ^ "Aldo Buzzi". Libreria IBS (in Italian). Retrieved 18 February 2024.