Primo Levi
Primo Levi (31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist and writer. He was the author of two novels and many short stories, poems and essays.[1] His best-known book is If This Is a Man, a true story about his time as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.
Levi was an atheist and born in Turin.
Partial bibliography
- Se questo è un uomo (If This Is a Man, 1947 and 1958)
- La tregua (The Truce, 1963)
- Il sistema periodico (The Periodic Table, 1975)
- La chiave a stella (The Wrench, 1978)
- La ricerca delle radici (The Search for Roots: A Personal Anthology, 1981)
- Se non ora, quando? (If Not Now, When?, 1984)
- L'altrui mestiere (Other People's Trades, 1985)
- I sommersi e i salvati (The Drowned and the Saved, 1986)
Primo Levi Media
IG Farben factory in Monowitz (near Auschwitz) 194150°02′10″N 19°16′32″E / 50.036094°N 19.275534°ECoordinates: 50°02′10″N 19°16′32″E / 50.036094°N 19.275534°E
Buna Werke, Monowitz and subcamps
Rudolf Höss immediately before being hanged
References
- ↑ David Keffer. "Primo Levi". www.themodernword.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2011-11-11.