Primo Levi
Primo Levi was an Italian author and chemist. Levi was considered one of the foremost writers of concentration camp literature. He recounted with objective, scientific precision and detail the horrors of his year spent in Auschwitz. His focus, in life and in literature, was to promote understanding to respond to the "greatest crime of the century" with intelligence and humanity.
Levi was born in Turin, Italy, on July 31, 1919 to an intellectual Jewish family. His father was an engineer who encouraged his son's interests in a wide variety of cultural pursuits. Levi's mother was a keen reader and in his sister Levi found both best friend and deep affection. Certainly, Levi's home and family encouraged an intellectual life.
Levi's schooling contained both positive and negative experiences. During his first year at the Massimo D'Azglio school he had to privately because of his physical weakness. However, he was a model pupil, and when he returned to school he won the admiration of his teachers and aroused the envy of other pupils. His weakness and his Jews origins
Primo Levi was an Italian author and chemist. Levi was considered one of the foremost writers of concentration camp literature. He recounted with objective, scientific precision and detail the horrors of his year spent in Auschwitz. His focus, in life and in literature, was to promote understanding to respond to the "greatest crime of the century" with intelligence and humanity.
Levi was born in Turin, Italy, on July 31, 1919 to an intellectual Jewish family. His father was an engineer who encouraged his son's interests in a wide variety of cultural pursuits. Levi's mother was a keen reader and in his sister Levi found both best friend and deep affection. Certainly, Levi's home and family encouraged an intellectual life.
Levi's schooling contained both positive and negative experiences. During his first year at the Massimo D'Azglio school he had to privately because of his physical weakness. However, he was a model pupil, and when he returned to school he won the admiration of his teachers and aroused the envy of other pupils. His weakness and his Jews origins