9 ), ▁E ld a ▁( 1 8 7 9 – 1 9 4 4 ), ▁Pa ula ▁( 1 8 8 5 – 1 9 7 2 ). ▁His ▁full ▁name ▁was ▁Carlo ▁Ra im ondo ▁( G ed alia h ▁Ram ). ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁Tri este - based ▁Ass ic ur azioni ▁Gener ali ▁ins urance ▁company . ▁The ▁Michel sta ed ters ▁were ▁an ▁Italian - spe aking ▁upper ▁middle ▁class ▁Jewish ▁family ▁of ▁Ash ken azi ▁origin . ▁ ▁His ▁sister ▁Pa ula ▁remembered ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁child ▁fear ful ▁of ▁the ▁dark ▁and ▁height s , ▁stub born ▁and ▁not ▁at ▁all ▁prepared ▁to ▁apolog ize ▁for ▁any ▁mis be havior . ▁In ▁school , ▁he ▁was ▁jud ged ▁" not ▁very ▁suitable ▁( m inder ▁ent sprech end )" ▁for ▁having ▁intention ally ▁and ▁frequently ▁dist urbed ▁the ▁less ons ▁during ▁the ▁year . ▁ ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Gab in etto ▁di ▁L ett ura ▁Gor iz iano , ▁a ▁local ▁cultural ▁association ▁for ▁the ▁fost ering ▁of ▁literary ▁culture , ▁and ▁he ▁pushed ▁his ▁son ▁towards ▁literary ▁study . ▁His ▁mother ▁Emma ▁Lu zz atto ▁came ▁from ▁an ▁old ▁and ▁ren owned ▁Jewish ▁family ▁of ▁Italian ▁ir red ent ist ▁lean ings . ▁Carlo ▁was ▁considered ▁an ▁intro vert ed ▁boy , ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁high ▁school ▁( comple ted ▁in ▁Gor izia ), ▁he ▁developed ▁into ▁a ▁brilliant ,