Primo Lévi
Primo Lévi · Arts & Literature
Italian chemist and writer, Auschwitz survivor; author of If This Is a Man
1919, Turin, Italy — 1987, Turin, Italy
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Primo Lévi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Italian chemist and writer, Auschwitz survivor; author of If This Is a Man
Primo Levi was an Italian chemist and writer whose memoir If This Is a Man (1947) is among the most important literary testimonies of Auschwitz. He was born into a Piedmontese Jewish family in Turin, joined the anti-fascist resistance, and was deported to Auschwitz in 1944, where his chemistry training helped him survive. His clear, humane accounts of the Holocaust are studied worldwide.
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Italian chemist and writer, Auschwitz survivor; author of If This Is a Man
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