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Primo Levi
AuthorBooks · Second hand1918-1987
Primo Michele Levi was a Jewish Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor and writer. He was the author of several books, collections of short stories, essays, poems and one novel. His best-known works include: If This Is a Man, his account of the year he spent as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland; and The Periodic Table (1975), a collection of mostly autobiographical short stories, each named after a chemical element which plays a role in each story, which the Royal Institution named the best science book ever written.
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Birth
1918
Death
1987
First book
1947
Years writing
40
Primo Levi combined his professional life as a chemist with a prolific literary career spanning novels, essays, and poetry.
During his writing career, he used the pseudonym Damiano Malabaila to publish some of his works.
His scientific background deeply influenced his literary style, most notably in books like The Periodic Table.
After surviving his deportation to Auschwitz, he dedicated much of his life to documenting his experiences.
Born in Turin, Levi was a key figure in 20th-century Italian literature and a tireless chronicler of memory.