The key answer of exercise 5
The key to exercise solutions in chapter Oral presentation 1 for the textbook Step Up Gold Exam Trainer with authors Philippa Bowen e Denis Delaney from Oxford University Press
Question
Fai una ricerca sulla vita e la carriera di Primo Levi. Prepara uno schema con le date importanti della sua vita, come quello nell'es.3.
Answer
- July 31, 1919 - Primo Levi is born in Turin, Italy.
- 1930s-1940s - Levi studies chemistry at the University of Turin and graduates in 1941.
- September 1943 - Levi joins a group of anti-fascist partisans, but shortly after, he is captured by the Fascist Militia and imprisoned.
- February 1944 - Levi is deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
- January 27, 1945 - Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz, and Levi is among the survivors.
- 1946 - Levi publishes his first book, "If This Is a Man" (also known as "Survival in Auschwitz"), documenting his experiences in the concentration camp.
- 1947 - Levi returns to Turin and resumes his work as a chemist.
- 1958 - Levi publishes "The Truce" (also known as "The Reawakening"), a memoir recounting his journey back to Italy after the war.
- 1963 - Levi's first novel, "If Not Now, When?" is published, telling the story of Jewish partisans in Nazi-occupied Europe.
- 1975 - Levi publishes "The Periodic Table," a collection of autobiographical stories linked to chemical elements, considered one of his masterpieces.
- 1979 - Levi's book "The Drowned and the Saved" is published, reflecting on the nature of human behavior and morality in the context of the Holocaust.
- April 11, 1987 - Primo Levi dies in Turin, Italy. His death is ruled as suicide, although some dispute this conclusion.
- Posthumously - Levi's works continue to be translated into numerous languages and studied worldwide, cementing his legacy as one of the most significant voices of the Holocaust and post-war literature.