Primo Levi's Universe

(http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090730k.cfm)

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Italian humanist Primo Levi is best known as a memoirist of Auschwitz, but he was also a scientist, fiction writer, and poet: in short, a Renaissance man. Primo Levi's Universe by Sam Magavern, published to coincide with Levi's 90th anniversary on July 31st, gives us a chance to find out what made this great humanist tick.

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• Sam Magavern, author of Primo Levi's Universe: A Writer's Journey

Related Links

• Sam Magavern
• Primo Levi's Universe: A Writer's Journey
• Our previous show about Levi: Christmas in Auschwitz