A famous man who had shared a searing experience with this chemist said of him, after his death, that he had actually died of that experience 40 years later. Well known for a striking memoir and for a fascinating book directly inspired by his scientific profession, he was born on this day shortly after World War I. Who was this man, and what are the two books to which I'm referring?

smartie806

Primo Levi Moments of Reprieve and The Periodic Table http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primo_Levi Jul 31 06, 6:09 PM

lanfranco

O.K., smartie, I'll give you the Silver Mace. However, the first book I had in mind was "If This Is a Man," (Italian title: Se questo e un uomo), Levi's memoir of his experiences in the Buna work camp at Auschwitz. The "famous man" who commented on Levi's death was, of course, Elie Wiesel, who was also at Buna. Primo Levi was born on July 31, 1919. Jul 31 06, 6:51 PM

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Forty years after his death, a famous gypsy-born jazz composer and guitar player became the first artist in his category to be celebrated by the French postal services as some kind of national hero, though in fact the man had been born in Belgium near Charleroi. Who was he and can you also say what the nominal value of the post-stamp was? Born into a very wealthy Swedish family, this man was chosen to aid the rescue of Budapest's Jews during 1944/1945. Through his actions it is estimated that tens of thousands of lives were saved from the camps. He was eventually seized by the Russians and it now seems likely that he was killed by them shortly after the war. Who was this man? This composer had an unusual incident happen at school. In the sick-room, he told the nurse that the floor was glowing after the lights were turned out. After they didn't believe him, the floor actually went on fire. Later in life he may well have had 400 varieties of apple in his orchard. Who was he? This man was English, but born in Calcutta. He went to England as a child, with a stopover to see Napoleon at St. Helena. He gambled as a young man and funded two unsuccessful newspapers. He later had a wife who attempted suicide and was confined to the house for the rest of her life. Who was this man, and what is his best known work?

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