Which of these authors wrote If This Is a Man (Se questo è un uomo), about the Auschwitz camp?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Primo Levi, a chemist from Turin
- Step 1: Primo Levi was deported to Auschwitz in 1944 and published his account in 1947. Step 2. The book is a testimony and is studied in Italian schools. Answer: Primo Levi. Why not the others: Pavese wrote La luna e i falò, Moravia wrote Gli indifferenti and Carlo Levi wrote Cristo si è fermato a Eboli.
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