If This Is a Man

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.

If This Is a Man
Original first edition cover
AuthorPrimo Levi
Original titleSe questo è un uomo
TranslatorStuart Woolf
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
GenreMemoir
PublisherDe Silva (Italian)
Einaudi (Italian)
The Orion Press (English)
Publication date
1947
Published in English
1959
Pages179 pp
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