WRITER

Primo Levi

1919 - 1987

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Primo Michele Levi (Italian: [ˈpriːmo ˈlɛːvi]; 31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was a Jewish-Italian chemist, partisan, writer, and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of several books, collections of short stories, essays, poems and one novel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Primo Levi has received more than 2,106,803 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Primo Levi is the 267th most popular writer (up from 282nd in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Italy (up from 365th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Italian Writer.

Primo Levi is most famous for his memoir about his time in Auschwitz, "Survival in Auschwitz."

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  • 70.88

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  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Se questo e un uomo
1958
Opere
1987
The truce
1965
Lilít e altri racconti
Fiction
1981
Vizio di forma
1971
The Search For Roots
Biography & Autobiography
Here is a collection of writings that Primo Levi considered to be essential reading. These 30 pieces reflect his knowledge of science and deep passion for literature, and his survival of Auschwitz - making it an anthology that is both universal and autobiographical.
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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Primo Levi ranks 267 out of 7,302. Before him are Svetlana Alliluyeva, Vladimir Mayakovsky, François de La Rochefoucauld, Jami, Amos Oz, and Salman Rushdie. After him are Arthur Miller, Anna Komnene, Walt Whitman, Bartolomé de las Casas, Alcaeus of Mytilene, and Jordanes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Primo Levi ranks 6. Before him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Eva Perón, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Edmund Hillary, and J. D. Salinger. After him are Doris Lessing, Giulio Andreotti, Zhao Ziyang, Kim Jong-suk, Georgios Papadopoulos, and Fausto Coppi. Among people deceased in 1987, Primo Levi ranks 5. Before him are Andy Warhol, Rudolf Hess, Dalida, and Carl Rogers. After him are John Howard Northrop, Louis de Broglie, Gunnar Myrdal, Rita Hayworth, Marguerite Yourcenar, Fred Astaire, and Thomas Sankara.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Primo Levi ranks 360 out of 5,161. Before him are Roberto Benigni (1952), Monica Bellucci (1964), Pope Alexander IV (1200), Publius Quinctilius Varus (-46), Pope Sixtus I (42), and Roger II of Sicily (1095). After him are Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751), Claudio Abbado (1933), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Antonio Canova (1757), Pope Gregory IV (790), and Pope Victor III (1027).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Primo Levi ranks 22. Before him are Luigi Pirandello (1867), Juvenal (50), Carlo Goldoni (1707), Torquato Tasso (1544), Dario Fo (1926), and Sallust (-86). After him are Alberto Moravia (1907), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Lorenzo Valla (1407), and Christine de Pizan (1365).

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