Biobibliographical info

Degree in Political Sciences at Bari University (Italy), at the Luxembourg Institut Universitaire International, and at the Rome LUISS School Of Management.

Translator, professor of Law and Economics, and work experience in the environment and management areas. Now living near Volterra (Tuscany, Italy), and working as a legal advisor.

Massimo Barbaro’s poems and essays has been published in various reviews; a poetry book titled Il silenzio interrotto has been published by Firenze Libri in 1989.

From April 2004 on he manages the weblog System-Error (www.system-error.splinder.com).

Author of texts of philosophical and literary critic, published in various reviews and websites. The digital edition of his digital artworks and texts, including the poetry books Lendemain des yeux. Poesie 1988-2000 and For the time being.Poesie 2001-2005 are available at www.ourmedia.org.

Translator of the book Massimo Piattelli Palmarini (ed.), Théories du langage - Théories de l'apprentissage, Paris, Seuil, 1979 (Piattelli Palmarini, Linguaggio e apprendimento, Jaca Book, Milano, 1991). In 2006 JTK Edizioni has published his translation of the book Karin Valham, Lam-rim Outlines, Beginners' Meditation Guide, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Wisdom Publications, 1997 (Una guida di meditazione, JTK Edizioni, Pomaia). The translation of the book Hee-Jin Kim, Eihei Dōgen, Mystical Realist, Boston, Wisdom Publications, 2004, an essay on the thought of the founder of the Japanese Zen Sōtō School, is currently to be published.

Among his studies and interests: Philosophy, Philosophies and Religions of the East, Cooperation with the World Southern Countries, visual arts, jazz and electronic music.