Judith Woolf

Dr Judith Woolf is a faculty member in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York. Her research focuses on twentieth-century Italian-Jewish writers (Primo Levi, Natalia Ginzburg), life writing related to the Holocaust, and intersections of photography with Victorian/Edwardian fiction. She authored influential works like Henry James: The Major Novels (1991) and Auschwitz Report (2006), and was highly commended for her translation of Natalia Ginzburg's The things we used to say (1997). Current projects explore persecution/survival themes in Jewish-Italian writing.

Her research also spans Victorian photography's impact on women's representation and narrative patterns across European literature. She has published translations, novels, poetry, and libretti, emphasizing interdisciplinary creativity. Awards include recognition for her translation work.

Collaborations include musical libretti with composers Roger Marsh and Marian Ingoldsby, showcasing her engagement with performance arts. She holds a PhD and has maintained active research output since the 1990s, balancing academic scholarship with creative writing.