Erwin von Busse

| birth_place = Magdeburg | death_date = | death_place = São Paulo, Brazil | resting_place = | occupation = Writer, painter, theater director, art historian, art critic | language = German | education = | alma_mater = University of Munich
University of Bern | period = | genre = Short stories, art criticism, art history | subject = Erotica, art history, art criticism | spouse = Simonette Mathilde Kowarick | partner = | children = | relatives = Rudolf Maximilian von Busse (brother) | years_active = 1912-1939 }} Erwin von Busse also known as Granand or Erwin von Busse-Granand (12 January 1885 – 10 April 1939) was a German writer, painter, theater director, art historian and art critic. His 1920 short story collection ''Das erotische Komödiengärtlein''—literally "Erotic Comedy Garden"—featured stories exploring erotic male relationships, which lead to it being banned by courts in both Berlin and Leipzig; it was republished in German in 1993 and in an English translation in 2022 as ''Berlin Garden of Erotic Delights''. As a stage director for several years he worked with some of the most prominent figures of his time and directed the 1919 world premiere of James Joyce's drama ''Exiles''. He devoted himself to painting in his later years, living in exile in Brazil from 1928 onward. Provided by Wikipedia