Primo Levi

and the Holocaust

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"Chi nega Auschwitz è quello stesso che sarebbe pronto a rifarlo"

("The man who denies Auschwitz is the same one who stands ready to repeat it.")

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Chronology of Primo Levi's life and works

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Primo Levi- Introduction

From "Introduction" to Understanding Primo Levi , by N. Patruno (Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 1955) .

Primo Levi- Introduction
Primo Levi revisits Auschwitz
Script, in Italian and with English translation, of a documentary of Primo Levi's return to Auschwitz 40 years after his liberation from the concentration camp.

(text of documentary above)

Primo Levi revisits Auschwitz

Primo Levi: His major works

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Primo Levi: His major works

Primo Levi: His major works

Se questo è un uomo

 

(If This Is a Man) (Survival in Auschwitz)

La tregua

( The Reawakening)

Il sistema periodico

(The Periodic Table)
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La chiave a stella

(The Monkey's Wrench)

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Introduzione

Se non ora, quando?

(If Not Now, When?)

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I sommersi e i salvati

(The Drowned and the Saved)

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Primo Levi's other works

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Primo Levi's other works

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Storie naturali

(Sixth Day and Other Tales)
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Vizio di forma

(Sixth Day and Other Tales)
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Lilìt e altri racconti

(Moments of Reprieve)
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intro by P. Levi

Altrui mestiere

(Other People's Trades)
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premessa

Racconti e saggi

(The Mirror Maker)

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table of contents

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La ricerca delle radici -Antologia personale-

Torino:Einaudi, 1981

(Italian only)

Prefazione

e grafia

The Poetry of

Primo Levi

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Primo Levi's Poetry

The Poetry of

Primo Levi

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Ad ora incerta. Milano:Garzanti, 1990

(Collected Poems: New Edition, Faber & Faber, Inc., 1992)

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author's preface

Interviews with Primo Levi

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Interviews with Primo Levi

Interviews with Primo Levi.
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Dialogo

(Dialogue)

(a conversation in form of interview between Primo Levi and Tullio Regge)

preface

Camon, Ferdinando Autoritratto di Primo Levi.

(Camon, Ferdinando. Conversations with Primo Levi, J. Shepley, trans. Marlboro, Vt.: Marlboro Press, 1989)

(click here for some excerpts from this work)

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Introduzione

indice/ contents

Primo Levi. Conversazioni e interviste: 1963-1987. A cura di Marco Belpoliti. Torino:Einaudi, 1997

(in Italian)

Main Works of criticism on Primo Levi's writings

(in English and in Italian)

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Main Works of criticism (in English and in Italian) on Primo Levi's works

Main Works of criticism on Primo Levi's writings.

(in English and in Italian)

Patruno, Nicholas. Understanding Primo Levi . Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1995.

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table of contents

 

Cicioni, Mirna. Primo Levi: Bridges of Knowledge. Oxford - Washington, D.C.: Berg Publishers, 1995.

 

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preface

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Sodi, Risa. A Dante of Our Time : Primo Levi and Auschwitz. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1990.

 

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Anissimov, Myriam. Primo Levi: Tragedy of an Optimist. Overlook Press

(click here for a brief review of this book)

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Paolo Momigliano Levi e Rosanna Gorris, ed. Primo Levi: testimone e scrittore di storia. Firenze: Giuntina, 1999.

(Italian essays)

Vincenti, Fiora. Invito alla lettura di Primo Levi. Milano: Mursia, 1984

(in Italian)

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A selected bibliography on Primo Levi's life and works

Essays on Primo Levi
Course syllabus

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For additional sites on Primo Levi, his works and other information

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