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...

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...

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...

Primo Levi (1919–1987) was born to an assimilated Jewish family in Turin, Italy. In 1944, after training as a chemist, Levi joined a group of antifascist partisans, was captured, and was deported to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. He...

Primo Michele Levi (July 31, 1919 – April 11, 1987) was a Jewish Italian chemist, Holocaust survivor and author of memoirs, short stories, poems, and novels. He is best known for his work on the Holocaust, and in particular his account of the year...

Goldman, Julia The Jewish Week 05-16-2003 More than 40 years after his incarceration there, the Italian chemist and author Primo Levi returned to Auschwitz -- "in the role of a tourist," he said. Traveling through the Polish countryside, Levi remarked to a...

Primo Levi: A Life, by Ian Thomson. New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt & Company, 2003, xviii + 583 pp., $32.50. On his tombstone we read his dates, his name, the number tattooed on his arm: 1919-1987 Primo Levi 174517...

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...

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...

In the following essay, Losey explores Levi's use of epiphany in his work, asserting that his “contribution to the epiphanic mode defies traditional notions of influence.”

In the following essay, Gordon examines the different types of irony in Levi's work.

In the following essay, Todorov discusses the central themes of Levi's work—memory and offense—and reflects on his legacy.