Curt Leviant

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Curt Leviant (born ?) is a retired Jewish Studies Professor from Rutgers University, New Jersey.

He received his BA from CUNY (Brooklyn), his MA from Columbia, and his PhD. from Rutgers.

Prof. Leviant is a prolific translator of Yiddish Literature.

Contents 1 Life 2 Career 3 Novels 4 Translations

[edit] Life

[edit] Career

[edit] Novels

• The Yemenite Girl
  • Published by Bobbs-Merrill (now defunct; edition unknown), 1973; mass market edition published by Avon/Bard Books, 1978; trade paperback reissue by Syracuse University Press/Library of Modern Jewish Literature, 1999
• Passion in the Desert
  • Published by Avon/Bard Books as a mass-market original, 1980; o.p. as of 2006
• The Man Who Thought He Was Messiah
  • Published by Jewish Publication Society in hardcover, 1990
• Partita in Venice
  • Published by Livingston Press, 1999; simultaneous hardcover/trade paperback editions
• Diary of an Adulterous Woman: A Novel: Including an ABC Dictionary That Offers Alphabetical Tidbits and Surprises
  • Published by Syracuse University Press/Library of Modern Jewish Literature in hardcover, 2001
• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Original Music of the Hebrew Alphabet and Weekend in Mustara: Two Novellas
  • Published by University of Wisconsin Press/Library of American Fiction in hardcover, 2002

[edit] Translations

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

• The Yeshiva; by Chaim Grade.
• Agunah; by Chaim Grade.
• More stories from my father's court; by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
• From the Fair; by Sholom Aleichem.