. . "Rigoni's vision necessarily comprises values such as social justice, peaceful co-existence, and freedom of expression, for which he was awarded Italy's PEN prize in 1999 (for his collection of stories, Sentieri sotto la neve (Paths Under the Snow), and for which Primo Levi (once again) dedicated this poem to Rigoni and their mutual friend Nuto Revelli, who also served on the Russian front:" . .