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If This Is a Man by Primo Levi

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Author Biography

Name: Primo Levi
Birth Date: July 31, 1919
Death Date: April 11, 1987
Place of Birth: Turin, Italy
Place of Death: Turin, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupations: chemist, author

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Biography of Primo Levi
1395 words, approx. 4.7 pages
Italian author and chemist Primo Levi (1919-1987) was considered one of the foremost writers of concentration camp literature. He recounted with objective, scientific precision and detail the horrors of his year spent in Auschwitz. His focus, in life and...
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Biography of Primo Levi
7743 words, approx. 25.8 pages
Primo Levi, an Italian chemist and Auschwitz survivor, is a writer whose explorations of contemporary moral history put him at the forefront of Holocaust literature. He is most often associated with Holocaust writing through his first book, Se questo &eg...
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Biography of Primo Levi
4554 words, approx. 15.2 pages
Chemistry and literature, viewed by most people as widely different subjects, come together in the works of Primo Levi, an Italian Jew who was both a professional chemist and a professional writer. Levi said that he wanted to fill the gap between the ima...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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If This Is a Man Information
253 words, approx. 1 pages
If This Is A Man was rejected by Einaudi, the most important publishing house in Levi's home city of Turin. A small publisher brought out the book in November 1947. Only 1,500 copies were sold. Levi had to wait until 1958 before Einaudi published it, in...


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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Man
12/29/2001: 370 words, approx. 1 pages
Man, 29, dies after fighting with police Officers responded to report of man darting in and out of traffic By JAMES H. BURNETT III of the Journal Sentinel staff Saturday, December 29, 2001 A 29-year-old Milwaukee man died late...
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The Village Voice
Man Man
04/09/2008: 371 words, approx. 1 pages
Man Man Rabbit Habits Anti A more mature brand of skronking apocalyptica We don't only want Man Man to bring the drama-we expect them to. On 2004's The Man in a Blue Turban With a Face and 2006's 6 Demon...
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The New York Observer
Antony Sher's Primo Levi: Can the Holocaust Be Staged?
7/24/2005: 1,140 words, approx. 4 pages
I feel conflicted about writing a review of Antony Sher’s embodiment of the Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi in Primo, although Sir Antony’s achievement is very fine, magnificent even, restrained, important, honest and uncorrupted. An actor, however great, relating the horrors of the death camps on...
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The New York Observer
Antony Sher's Primo Levi: Can the Holocaust Be Staged?
7/24/2005: 1,139 words, approx. 4 pages
I feel conflicted about writing a review of Antony Sher’s embodiment of the Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi in Primo, although Sir Antony’s achievement is very fine, magnificent even, restrained, important, honest and uncorrupted.An actor, however great, relating the horrors of the death camps on Broadway...
 


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Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Dalya M. Sachs
13,232 words, approx. 44 pages
In the following stylistic analysis of If This Is a Man, Sachs posits that Levi's objective tone forces the readers to make their own judgments.


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