The triumph of human identity and worth over the pathology … - Primo Levi

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The triumph of human identity and worth over the pathology of human destruction glows virtually everywhere in Levi’s writing.

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Primo Levi (31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was an Italian chemist and author of memoirs, short stories, poems and novels. He joined an anti-Fascist group at the start of the Second World War but was captured and taken to the German concentration camp at Auschwitz. Levi survived the Holocaust and returned to Italy.

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Pen Names: Damiano Malabaila

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The triumph of human identity and worth over the pathology of human destruction glows virtually everywhere in Levi’s writing. - Primo Levi

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