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Today is the anniversary of the death of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Primo Levi was born on 31 July 1919 in Turin and died April 11, 1987.
"Primo Levi is known for his essays, short stories, poems and novels. Originally a chemist, Levi later became popular as a writer. He is popular for his book, ‘If This Is a Man’ which is a greatly documented account of his stay as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. Levi is regarded as one of the best known authors of the twentieth century and he earned it for his biographical book. Being born in a Jewish Italian family Levi’s family was subjected to Nazi terror. Levi himself gave bare testimony of his time as a Nazi slave labourer. Various works of Levi have been translated to English in recent times. Primo Levy’s most popular work ‘If This Is a Man’ was made into a stage adaptation named ‘Primo’ in 2004. Films have also been made on Levi’s life and imprisonment. Levi worked hard to prove the revisionist attitudes trying to rewrite the history of the camps as less horrific wrong. Levi attended hundreds of schools to share his horrific Nazi concentration camp experiences. Many hail Levi as a fearless Jew who survived Nazi domination only to tell the world tales of life, gore and merciless
acts."
"Primo Levi is known for his essays, short stories, poems and novels. Originally a chemist, Levi later became popular as a writer. He is popular for his book, ‘If This Is a Man’ which is a greatly documented account of his stay as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. Levi is regarded as one of the best known authors of the twentieth century and he earned it for his biographical book. Being born in a Jewish Italian family Levi’s family was subjected to Nazi terror. Levi himself gave bare testimony of his time as a Nazi slave labourer. Various works of Levi have been translated to English in recent times. Primo Levy’s most popular work ‘If This Is a Man’ was made into a stage adaptation named ‘Primo’ in 2004. Films have also been made on Levi’s life and imprisonment. Levi worked hard to prove the revisionist attitudes trying to rewrite the history of the camps as less horrific wrong. Levi attended hundreds of schools to share his horrific Nazi concentration camp experiences. Many hail Levi as a fearless Jew who survived Nazi domination only to tell the world tales of life, gore and merciless
acts."
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Thanks for the post, SGT (Join to see). I knew of Italian writer Umberto Eco. I now get to go find out about Primo Levi.
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price He is well worth the read. In his collection of essays called Other People's Trades, the first paragraph from the first essay states:
"I have always lived (with involuntary interruptions) in the house where I was born: the way I live was not, therefore, the result of a choice. I believe that I exemplify an extreme case of sedentary life, comparable to that of some mollusks, such as limpets. After a brief larval stage, in which they swim freely, limpets fasten onto wave-pounded rocks, secrete a shell, and then never move again for the rest of their lives. This is something more likely to happen to a person born in the country; for a city dweller like me, it’s undoubtedly a rare fate, and it leads to unusual advantages and disadvantages. Perhaps it is this static destiny that explains the unsatisfied love that I feel for travel, as well as the frequency with which journeys appear as a topos in so many of my books. Of course, after sixty-six years in Corso Re Umberto, I have a hard time imagining what it might be like, I don’t even say to live in another country or another city, but just to live in another part of Turin."
His nonchalance in which he speaks about living in the same house except for involuntary interruptions is revealing. His "involuntary interruption" was when he spent time in Auschwitz.
Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SCPO Morris Ramsey Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
"I have always lived (with involuntary interruptions) in the house where I was born: the way I live was not, therefore, the result of a choice. I believe that I exemplify an extreme case of sedentary life, comparable to that of some mollusks, such as limpets. After a brief larval stage, in which they swim freely, limpets fasten onto wave-pounded rocks, secrete a shell, and then never move again for the rest of their lives. This is something more likely to happen to a person born in the country; for a city dweller like me, it’s undoubtedly a rare fate, and it leads to unusual advantages and disadvantages. Perhaps it is this static destiny that explains the unsatisfied love that I feel for travel, as well as the frequency with which journeys appear as a topos in so many of my books. Of course, after sixty-six years in Corso Re Umberto, I have a hard time imagining what it might be like, I don’t even say to live in another country or another city, but just to live in another part of Turin."
His nonchalance in which he speaks about living in the same house except for involuntary interruptions is revealing. His "involuntary interruption" was when he spent time in Auschwitz.
Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SCPO Morris Ramsey Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
SGT (Join to see) The two books I've read by Umberto Eco are Numero Zero and The Name of the Rose. The latter was made into a movie staring Sean Connery. I look forward to Primo Levi.
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This is evidence for all of us that even when we fall or are fallen we can get back up and achieve greater feats in life, which can bring us fame, individually or collectively, depending on your approach.
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