From 495cd7470ecc4296c4202f99a4bb746b7c274d82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giacomo Boschi Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 04:41:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'content/author/carlolevi.md' --- content/author/carlolevi.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/author/carlolevi.md diff --git a/content/author/carlolevi.md b/content/author/carlolevi.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1655b8e --- /dev/null +++ b/content/author/carlolevi.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ ++++ +title = "Carlo Levi ++++ + +# Biography + +Carlo Levi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarlo ˈlɛːvi]) (November 29, 1902 – January 4, 1975) was an Italian painter, writer, activist, communist, 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, also called Basilicata, was historically one of the poorest 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 World War II. \ No newline at end of file