"I came back from Italy with great melancholy, I just wanted to go back"

Aris Imbardelli's parents

Aris Imbardelli's parents, Andalusia and Aristide, 1956 Source: courtesy of Aris Imbardelli

Aris Imbardelli was born in Australia from an Italian father and an Italian mother born in Istanbul.


When Aris was a child he was forced to speak Italian at home by his father, while picking up few Greek words from other relatives.

Aris Imbardelli tells SBS Italian his bilingual story.

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