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Italian-Slovenian writer and concentration camp survivor Boris Pahor is dead at the age of 108. The news of his death was confirmed by Slovenian President Borut Pahor (no relation) on Monday. Pahor was one of the most important Slovenian-language authors and a literary witness of the 20th century. His autobiographical and award-winning novel "Necropolis" describes the 15 months he spent in five German concentration camps and the struggle against death. Other important works are "A Difficult Spring" and "A Villa by the Lake." "He was an eyewitness, a witness, an admonisher," the Slovenian presi......