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Curt Leviant is a retired Jewish Studies Professor from Rutgers University
Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the Colonial colleges in the United States....
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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
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He received his BA from CUNY (Brooklyn)
Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New York ....
, his MA from Columbia
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
, and his PhD. from Rutgers
Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the Colonial colleges in the United States....
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Prof. Leviant is a prolific translator of Yiddish Literature
Yiddish literature

Yiddish literature encompasses all belles lettres written in Yiddish, the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German. The history of the Yiddish language, with its roots in central Europe and its centuries of locus in Eastern Europe, is evident in the literature produced in this language....
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Curt Leviant is a retired Jewish Studies Professor from Rutgers University
Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the Colonial colleges in the United States....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
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He received his BA from CUNY (Brooklyn)
Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New York ....
, his MA from Columbia
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
, and his PhD. from Rutgers
Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the Colonial colleges in the United States....
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Prof. Leviant is a prolific translator of Yiddish Literature
Yiddish literature

Yiddish literature encompasses all belles lettres written in Yiddish, the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German. The history of the Yiddish language, with its roots in central Europe and its centuries of locus in Eastern Europe, is evident in the literature produced in this language....
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Life


Career


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


Translations


Prof. Leviant has translated from Yiddish to English many books from noted authors such as: Sholom Aleichem
Sholom Aleichem

Sholem Aleichem was the pen name of Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich, the popular humorist and Imperial Russia Jewish author of Yiddish literature, including novels, short stories, and Play ....
, Chaim Grade
Chaim Grade

Chaim Grade ? April 26 1982, Los Angeles, California) was one of the leading Yiddish writers of the twentieth century.Chaim Grade, the son of Shlomo Mordecai Grade, a Hebrew language teacher and maskil , received a secular as well as Jewish religious education....
, and Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Nobel Prize in literature-winning Poland-born United States author and one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literature movement....
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  • 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.