1296) Carlo Levi

Carlo Levi (1902 – 1975). Italian painter, writer, activist, anti-fascist 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 and most backward 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.
Levi was born in Turin, Piedmont, to wealthy Jewish physician Ercole Levi and Annetta Treves, the sister of Claudio Treves, an important socialist leader in Italy. 

- "Si veste in modo eccentrico, completi di velluto, basco sui folti capelli rossi, il sigaro sempre acceso fra le dita. [He dresses in an eccentric way, with velvet suits, the beanie on his thick red hair, a cigar always lit between his fingers.]  http://www.sandrapetrignani.it/?p=4442

- "Un episodio in particolare mise in pericolo la sua vita, quando a Firenze, per strada, vicino al Ponte Vecchio, fu riconosciuto per i suoi capelli rossi ed il carnato, da un soldato tedesco che lo riconobbe come ebreo, ma non si sa perché lo lasciò stare e anzi gli dette come saluto una pacca sulla spalla. [An incident especially put his life in danger, when in Florence, on a street near Ponte Vecchio, a German soldier recognised him as a Jew because of his red hair and complexion, but, who knows why, he left him alone and even greeted him with a pat on his back.]  https://arteventinews.it/…/rivelazioni-inedite-di-un-giorn…/