IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1406
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Levi, Primo (1919-1987): Material regarding biography
Date(s): 1880s-1990s
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 18 boxes
Name of creator(s): Thomson | Ian | c 1960- | biographer and journalist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Primo Levi was born in Italy 1919; chemist; prisoner in Auschwitz, Feb 1944-Jan 1945; wrote a number of memoirs, short stories, poems, and novels, notably If This Is a Man (published in the United States as Survival in Auschwitz) documenting Levi's experiences in the Holocaust; died 1987.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers compiled by Ian Thomson whilst researching for his biography of Primo Levi Primo Levi a Biography, Vintage, 2003, including a unique collection of transcript interviews with Levi and his friends, colleagues and relatives; original and copies of correspondence and publications and unpublished articles on all aspects of Levi's life and work.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Italian, English, French and German
System of arrangement:
The integrity of the original folders has been retained. They have been arranged to reflect material type or subject content.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Ian Thomson
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Publication note:
Thomson, Ian, Primo Levi a Biography, Vintage, 2003.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008