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Carlo Levi

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November 29, 1902 in Turin, Italy

died

January 04, 1975

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Carlo Levi was an Italian-Jewish painter, writer, activist, anti-fascist, and doctor.
He is best known for his book, Cristo si è 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.

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Average rating: 3.96 · 692 ratings · 100 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year by Carlo Levi, Frances Frenaye, Mark Rotella (Introduction) 3.97 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 1945 — 32 editions	My rating:
	Fleeting Rome: In Search of La Dolce Vita by Carlo Levi, Tony Shugaar (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Watch: A Novel 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1950 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Words are Stones: Impressions of Sicily by Carlo Levi, Anita Desai, Antony Shugaar (Translator) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1955 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Fear of Freedom: With the Essay Fear of Painting by Carlo Levi, Stanislao G. Pugliese (Editor), Adolphe Gourevitch (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1946 — 2 editions	My rating:
	L'invenzione Della Verita: Testi E Intertesti Per Cristo Si E Fermato A Eboli (Facsimilia Sec. Xx) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	Essays on India by Carlo Levi, Antony Shugaar (Translation), Anita Desai (Foreword) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1947	My rating:
	Kristus se je ustavil v Eboliju 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Divina: Suzanne Lenglen, La Piu Grande Tennista Del Xx. Secolo 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:

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