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Curt Leviant (born 1932, Vienna^[1]) is a retired Jewish Studies professor, as well as a novelist and translator.

He came to the United States in 1938 and received his BA from CUNY (Brooklyn), his MA from Columbia, and his PhD. from Rutgers, where he taught Hebraic studies from 1960.^[2] He writes forThe Nation.

Contents [hide] 1 Novels 2 Translations 3 References 4 External links

[edit]Novels

• The Yemenite Girl. Bobbs-Merrill, 1973; Avon/Bard Books, 1978; Syracuse University Press, 1999


• Passion in the Desert Avon/Bard Books, 1980


• The Man Who Thought He Was Messiah. Jewish Publication Society, 1990


• Partita in Venice. Livingston Press, 1999


• Diary of an Adulterous Woman: A Novel: Including an ABC Dictionary That Offers Alphabetical Tidbits and Surprises. Syracuse University Press, 2001


• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Original Music of the Hebrew Alphabet and Weekend in Mustara: Two Novellas. University of Wisconsin Press, 2002

[edit]Translations

Prof. Leviant has translated from Yiddish to English many books from noted authors such as: Sholem Aleichem, Chaim Grade, Lamed Shapiro and Isaac Bashevis Singer.

• The Yeshiva; by Chaim Grade.