Primo Levi
Italian Holocaust survivor and writer (1919–1987)
Biography
Primo Michele Levi (Italian: [ˈpriːmo ˈlɛːvi]; 31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) 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 (Se questo è un uomo, 1947, published as Survival in Auschwitz in the United States), 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.
Levi died in 1987 from injuries sustained in a fall from a third-storey apartment landing. His death was officially ruled a suicide, although that has been disputed by some of his friends and associates and attributed to an accident.
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Career highlights
Notable works
- If This Is a Man
- The Truce
- The Drowned and the Saved
- The Periodic Table
Genres
- memoir
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Lucia Morpurgo
Awards & honours (6)
- Strega Prize
- Viareggio Prize
- Bagutta Prize
- Feltrinelli Prize
- Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
- Premio Campiello
Quick answers about Primo Levi
- How old was Primo Levi?
- Primo Levi died on April 11, 1987 at the age of 67.
- When is Primo Levi's birthday?
- Primo Levi was born on July 31, 1919.
- Where was Primo Levi born?
- Primo Levi was born in Turin.
- What is Primo Levi's zodiac sign?
- Primo Levi's zodiac sign is Leo.
- What is Primo Levi's nationality?
- Primo Levi is a citizen of Italy, Kingdom of Italy.
- What does Primo Levi do?
- Primo Levi is known as chemist, poet, politician, writer.
- Who has Primo Levi been married to?
- According to Wikidata, Primo Levi's spouse is or was Lucia Morpurgo.