Primo Levi (1919–1987), an Italian Jew, did not come to
the wide attention of the English-reading audience until the last
years of his life. A survivor of the Holocaust and imprisonment in
Auschwitz, Levi is considered to be one of the century’s most
compelling voices. His books include Survival in
Auschwitz, The Reawakening, The Periodic Table,
and Moments of Reprieve.
William Weaver (translator; 1923–2013) was the
influential translator of such Italian writers as Italo Calvino,
Umberto Eco, and Elsa Morante. He authored numerous books on opera
and a biography of Eleanora Duse.
“In Levi’s writing, nothing is superfluous and everything is
essential.”
—Saul Bellow
“One of the most important and gifted writers of our
time.”
—Italo Calvino
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