Primo Levi

Primo Levi (July 31, 1919 - April 11, 1987) was an Italian chemist 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 he spent as a prisoner in Auschwitz.

Bibliography

Memoirs and essays

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• If This Is a Man (in the U.S., Survival in Auschwitz)
• The Truce (in the U.S., The Reawakening)
• Moments of Reprieve
• The Periodic Table
• The Drowned and the Saved

Novel

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• If Not Now, When?

Short stories

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• The Wrench (in the U.S., The Monkey's Wrench)

Other works translated into English include:

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• Collected Poems
• The Mirror Maker
• The Sixth Day and Other Tales
• Other People's Trades
• The Search for Roots: A Personal Anthology
• The Voice of Memory: Interviews, 1961-1987
• Conversations with Primo Levi

Works about Primo Levi in English

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• Primo Levi, by Ian Thomson (some editions are subtitled A Life)
• The Double Bond: Primo Levi: A Biography, by Carole Angier
• Primo Levi: Tragedy of an Optimist, by Myriam Anissimov