Carlo Levi

Carlo Levi passed away in Rome 50 years ago, on 4 January 1975. A writer, painter, and essayist from Turin, he was exiled to Aliano in 1935 due to his anti-Fascist views. This experience inspired his most famous novel, Christ Stopped at Eboli, published by Einaudi in 1945. In the 1950s, he joined the neorealist movement and continued his political and artistic activities, serving two terms as a Senator of the Republic with the Italian Communist Party. In 1956, he wrote an article for issue 4 of Pirelli magazine, devoted to the city of Rome and entitled “Roma a mezz’aria” ("Rome in Mid-Air").