Carlo Levi

Born: 29-11-1902

Died: 04-01-1975

Status: Paused

Books: 0 / 1 total (1 not ignored) — 0 eBooks, 0 AudioBooks

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Added: 2026-09-03

Last updated: 2026-10-28 09:36

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Most recent book on record

War!

Date: 1957-11-01

About

Carlo Levi was an Italian-Jewish painter, writer, activist, anti-fascist, and doctor.
He is best known for his book, "Cristo si รจ fermato a Eboli" (Christ Stopped at Eboli), published in 1945; a memoir of his time spent in exile in Lucania, Italy, after being arrested in connection with his political activism. In 1979, the book became the basis of a movie of the same name, directed by Francesco Rosi. Lucania, now called Basilicata, is historically one of the poorest and most backward regions of the impoverished Italian south. Levi's lucid, non-ideological and sympathetic description of the daily hardships experienced by the local peasants helped to propel the "Problem of the South" into national discourse after the end of the World War II.