Aldo Busi (1948-) is an Italian writer and translator. He was born in Montichiari in Lombardy. He is the author of Seminar on Youth and Vita standard di un venditore provvisorio di collant (published in English under the title The Standard Life of a Temporary Pantyhose Salesman). His other works include La Delfina Bizantina and Sodomie in Corpo II. His publisher in the Anglophone world is Faber and Faber. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Montichiari is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. ... Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po river valley. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Look up Anglophone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Faber and Faber is a celebrated publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing the poetry of T. S. Eliot. ...