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with Levi and his friends, colleagues and relatives; original and copies of correspondence and publications and unpublished articles on all aspects of Levi's life and work.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
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