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A
chemist, writer and argu-
ably the most extraordinary
and enigmatic voice of the
Holocaust, Primo Levi was born in 1919
in Turin, Italy. A survivor of Auschwitz,
liberated by the Red Army in 1945, Levi
started writing poetry and prose that
reflected his urge to bear witness, choos-
ing to relate his story with the calm, rea-
soned detachment — and gentle humor
— of a scientist.
His body of work includes essays,
fiction and memoir, the most famous
of which include Survival in Auschwitz
(1947), The Reawakening (1965) and The
Periodic Table (1975), named by Royal
Institution of Great Britain on the short-
list of the best science books ever.
“I am a normal man with a good
memory who fell into a maelstrom and
got out of it more by luck than by virtue,
and who from that time on has preserved
a certain curiosity about maelstroms large
and small, metaphorical and actual.”
— Primo Levi, The Mirror Maker, Stories
and Essays, 1985.
“Primo Levi and the Memory of the
Offense” will be the topic of a three-part
lecture series from Federation’s FedEd,
presented by University of Michigan
Professor Emeritus Ralph Williams on
Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. starting
Sept. 21 at the Max M. Fisher Federation
Building in Bloomfield Township.
Appearing for the first time as a spe-
cial guest lecturer for FedEd, Williams
is immensely popular among U-M
students in the Department of English,
Language and Literature. He is well
known for his intellect, his showmanship
and compelling lectures. A speaker of
15 languages, he specializes in Medieval
and Renaissance literature, Shakespeare,
literary theory, comparative literature
and Biblical studies. Though his courses
have covered a wide range of literature,
from the Bible and Chaucer, the writing
of Primo Levi continues to engage his
curiosity and study.
Here Williams offers some insights
into his abiding interest in Primo Levi
and what to expect from his lecture
series.
What prompted your interest in
Primo Levi? Growing up in Canada, a
gentile, I simply had not heard of the
Shoah (Holocaust). When, after com-
ing to the U.S., I did, it seemed to me to
contradict everything most basic about
us humans that my education had
encouraged me to think — that to be
human is to be, all things considered,
humane; to be of humankind meant, all
things considered, that we would and
should be kindly. I was shaken to my
depths and could not absorb it.
I love Italian culture and was referred
to Primo Levi’s works. I have found
in him a great friend of the mind and
spirit. He has one of the most honest,
morally cleanest minds I know — a
writer of great depth of feeling and lucid-
ity of mind.
How long have you been teaching the
literature of Primo Levi? I have been
teaching Levi’s works since the early
1990s. I wanted to discuss with the next
generation the events and what those
events mean about us as humans.
How have your students responded
University of Michigan
U-M’s well-known Professor Ralph Williams
to discuss the life and times of Primo Levi.