If This Is a Man
Memoir by Primo Levi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If This Is a Man (Italian: Se questo è un uomo [se kˈkwesto ˌɛ un ˈwɔːmo]; United States title: Survival in Auschwitz) is a memoir by Jewish Italian writer Primo Levi, first published in 1947. It describes his arrest as a member of the Italian anti-fascist resistance during the Second World War, and his incarceration in the Auschwitz concentration camp (Monowitz) from February 1944 until the camp was liberated on 27 January 1945.
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Author | Primo Levi |
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Original title | Se questo è un uomo |
Translator | Stuart Woolf |
Language | Italian |
Genre | Memoir |
Publisher | De Silva (Italian) Einaudi (Italian) The Orion Press (English) |
Publication date | 11 Oct 1947[1] |
Publication place | Italy |
Published in English | 1959 |
Pages | 179 pp |
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