Primo Levi Writer

Primo Michele Levi (Italian: [ˈpriːmo ˈlɛːvi]; 31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of several books, novels, collections of short stories, essays, and poems. His best-known works include If This Is a Man (1947) (U.S.: Survival in Auschwitz), his account of the year he spent as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland; and his unique work, The Periodic Table (1975), linked to qualities of the elements, which the Royal Institution of Great Britain named the best science book ever written.

Personal facts

Pseudonym	Damiano Malabaila (used for some of his fictional works)
Birth date	July 31, 1919
Birth place	Turin
Nationality	Italian Jews
Date of death	April 11, 1987
Place of death	Turin
Education	University of Turin