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Curt Leviant (born 1932, Vienna〔Harry Zohn, ''Österreichische Juden in der Literatur'' (Olamenu, 1969), p. 37.〕) is a retired Jewish Studies professor, as well as a novelist and translator. He came to the United States in 1938.〔 His 1957 master's thesis was on Lamed Shapiro.〔(Cited in )〕 1966 doctoral thesis () was a translation with commentary, published in 1969 as ''King Artur: A Hebrew Authurian Romance of 1279''. Leviant was also a book reviewer, usually of Jewish authors, with reviews appearing in ''The New York Times'', ''The Nation'', and other publications, especially Jewish media. In more recent years, he has been, co-authoring with his wife, a Jewish travel writer. According to Lewis Fried, "his fiction is nuanced, surprising, and often arabesque, dealing with the demands of the present and the claims of the past."〔"Leviant, Curt" entry in ''Encyclopaedia Judaica'', 2nd edition, 2007, v. 12, p. 696.〕 ==Personal life and career== His parents were Jacques and Fenia Leviant. They spoke Yiddish at home, and encouraged their son's interest in Yiddish literature and theater.〔From his thanks to his parents in some of his Sholom Aleichem translations, ''Stories and Satires'' (1959) and ''Old Country Tales'' (1966), including their help with obscure Yiddish idioms, especially those of Russian origin.〕 He married Erika Leah Pfeifer, they had three daughters, Dalya, Dvora, Shulamit.〔From the dedication to ''Masterpieces of Hebrew Literature'', Ktav, 1969.〕 His degrees〔(Rutgers Catalog ), p. 88〕 are a BA from CUNY (Brooklyn), an MA from Columbia, and a PhD from Rutgers, where he taught Hebraic studies from 1960.〔Cecil Roth, ''Encyclopaedia Judaica'' (Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1996: ISBN 965-07-0219-9), Vol. 1, p. 33.〕〔The Writers Directory, 31st edition, St. James Press (part of Gale, Cengage Learning) 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Curt Leviant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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