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Carlo Levi

かるろ・れうぃ

Carlo Levi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1902-11-29 （Turin）
Died
1975-01-04 （Rome） age 72
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Turin → Paris → Aliano → Grassano → Rome

Career

Occupations
painter, writer, activist, politician, doctor
Active Years
1924-1975
Memberships
Senator of the Italian Republic
Influenced By
Piero Gobetti, Felice Casorati
Influenced
Francesco Rosi

Education

University of Turin
Medicine
Degree: MD
Period: 1917-1924
Year of Graduation: 1924
Country: Italy
Self-taught in painting

Awards

Premio Viareggio
1956
Work: Il futuro ha un cuore antico
Organization: Premio Viareggio
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cristo si è fermato a Eboli

1945 Novel/Memoir

A memoir of his exile in Lucania (Basilicata), describing the poverty of southern Italy peasants, bringing the 'Southern Question' to national attention post-WWII.

Southern Italy povertyFascismPeasant life
Adaptations
  • [Film] Christ Stopped at Eboli / Francesco Rosi (1979)

Bibliography

  • Paura della pittura (1942)
  • Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (1945)
  • L'orologio (1950)
  • Le parole sono pietre (1955)
  • Il futuro ha un cuore antico (1956)
  • La doppia notte dei tigli (1959)
  • Un volto che ci somiglia (1960)
  • Tutto il miele è finito (1964)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Lucid and non-ideologicalSympathetic description
Recurring Motifs
Southern Italian peasant lifePoverty and hardship

Health

  • Pneumonia
    1975
    Cause of death

Legacy

Known for depicting southern Italy's poverty, sparking national discourse. Also painter, anti-fascist activist, and politician.

In Popular Culture

  • Book adapted into film, symbolizing the Southern Question

Trivia

  • Born to wealthy Jewish family
  • Co-founded anti-fascist Giustizia e Libertà
  • Buried in Aliano, his exile place