Premio Campiello
2 appearances
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Edition 1 (1963) Winner
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Edition 20 (1982) Winner
Primo Levi
プリモ・レヴィ
Purimo Revi
Pen Names:
Damiano Malabaila（Used for some of his fictional works）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1919-07-31 （Turin）
- Died
- 1987-04-11 （Turin） age 67
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Turin
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Chemist
- Active Years
- 1947-1986
- Affiliations
- SIVA (paint factory)
- Influenced By
- Cesare Pavese
- Influenced
- Later Holocaust writers
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Turin | Faculty of Sciences | Chemistry | Degree in chemistry | 1937-1941 | Italy |
University of Turin
Faculty of Sciences
/ Chemistry
Degree:
Degree in chemistry
Period:
1937-1941
Year of Graduation:
1941
Country:
Italy
Degree marked 'of Jewish race'
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Strega Prize | La chiave a stella | — | Strega Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1963 | Premio Campiello | La tregua | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Premio Viareggio | Se non ora, quando? | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1967 | Bagutta Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Strega Prize
1979
Work:
La chiave a stella
Organization:
Strega Foundation
Result:
受賞
Premio Campiello
1963
Work:
La tregua
Result:
受賞
Premio Viareggio
1982
Work:
Se non ora, quando?
Result:
受賞
Bagutta Prize
1967
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Bagutta Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (1967) Winner
Strega Prize (Premio Strega)
1 appearances
-
Edition 33 (1979) Winner
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Edition 53 (1982) Winner
Works
Major Works
If This Is a Man
1947 MemoirAccount of his year in Auschwitz
HolocaustHumanitySurvival
Translations
- Survival in Auschwitz
The Periodic Table
1975 Short story collectionAutobiographical short stories named after chemical elements
ChemistryMemoryJewish identity
Bibliography
- If This Is a Man
- The Truce
Adaptations
- The Truce (film)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Clear, unpretentious proseScientific metaphors
- Recurring Motifs
- Holocaust memoryGray zoneHuman dignity
Health
-
Depression晩年Contributed to death debate
-
Scarlet fever1945年アウシュビッツSaved from death march
Legacy
Major Holocaust writer, The Periodic Table named best science book
Museums
- International Primo Levi Studies Center Turin Opened in 2008
- Museo della Chimica Turin
Archives
- Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica
In Popular Culture
- David Blaine's tattoo (camp number)
Quotes
-
If this is a man
Source: If This Is a Man (1947)
Trivia
- Auschwitz prisoner number 174517
- One of 20 survivors from 650 Italian Jews