Levi, Primo (1919-1987): Material regarding biography

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 1406
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full 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with Levi and his friends, colleagues and relatives; original and copies of correspondence and publications and unpublished articles on all aspects of Levi's life and work.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 & 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.

Finding aids:

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Archival Information

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.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
March 2008