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第12回（1977年） Winner
Curt Leviant
カート・レヴィアント
Curt Leviant
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1932 （Vienna, Austria）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English, Yiddish, Hebrew
- 宗教
- Judaism
- 居住地歴
- Vienna (birth) → Brooklyn, New York (immigration, education) → New Jersey (Rutgers University, teaching)
経歴
- 職業
- Author, Translator, Jewish Studies Professor, Book Reviewer, Travel Writer (co-author)
- 活動期間
- 1957年〜2018年
- 所属
- Rutgers University (faculty)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Lamed Shapiro, Chaim Grade, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Sholom Aleichem
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn College (CUNY) | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | Jewish literature studies (MA thesis on Lamed Shapiro) | MA | — | United States |
| Rutgers University | — | Hebraic Studies | PhD | 1960–1966（在学・教職） | United States |
Brooklyn College (CUNY)
学位:
BA
国:
United States
Columbia University
Jewish literature studies (MA thesis on Lamed Shapiro)
学位:
MA
卒業年:
1957
国:
United States
MA thesis on Lamed Shapiro
Rutgers University
Hebraic Studies
学位:
PhD
期間:
1960–1966（在学・教職）
卒業年:
1966
国:
United States
Doctoral dissertation was a translation with commentary of a 1279 Hebrew Arthurian romance (later published)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Edward Lewis Wallant Award | The Yemenite Girl | — | Edward Lewis Wallant Award (awarding organization unspecified) | 受賞 |
Edward Lewis Wallant Award
1977
対象作品:
The Yemenite Girl
主催:
Edward Lewis Wallant Award (awarding organization unspecified)
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Yemenite Girl
1977年 NovelA novel exploring Jewish community, personal identity, and tensions between past and present. Expanded from a 1973 short story of the same title.
Jewish tradition vs. modernityMemory and identity
Passion in the Desert
1980年 NovelA mid-career novel focusing on love and desire.
LovePsychological conflict
The Man Who Thought He Was Messiah
1990年 NovelA work dealing with delusion and religious themes, where humor and tragedy intersect.
ReligiosityDelusion vs. reality
Kafka's Son
2016年 NovelA recent work that references and reconfigures Kafkaesque themes and motifs.
IdentityLiterary tradition
Katz or Cats, or How Jesus Became my Rival in Love
2018年 NovelA recent novel playfully combining religious motifs and romantic rivalry.
Religion and humorRomance
全著作
- The Yemenite Girl
- Passion in the Desert
- The Man Who Thought He Was Messiah
- Partita in Venice
- Diary of an Adulterous Woman
- A Novel of Klass
- Kafka's Son
- Katz or Cats, or How Jesus Became my Rival in Love
- Short fiction collections (e.g. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Original Music of the Hebrew Alphabet)
作品の翻訳
- The Yeshiva (by Chaim Grade, translated into English)
- The Agunah (by Chaim Grade, translated into English)
- More Stories from My Father's Court (by Isaac Bashevis Singer, translated into English)
- Stories and Satires (by Sholom Aleichem, translated into English)
- Old Country Tales (by Sholom Aleichem, translated into English)
- From the Fair (by Sholom Aleichem, translated into English)
- The Jewish Government and Other Stories (by Lamed Shapiro, translated into English)
- The Heart-stirring Sermon and Other Stories (by Abraham Reisen, translated into English)
- The Golem and the Wondrous Deeds of the Maharal of Prague (by Yudl Rosenberg, translated into English)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Nuanced, often arabesque narrativeWitty and ironic tone
- 頻出モチーフ
- Tension between Jewish tradition and modernityMemory and generational inheritanceReligious themes and messianism
評価・遺産
Curt Leviant is recognized as a scholar of Jewish literature, an important translator of Yiddish and Hebrew into English, and a novelist noted for wit and intelligence. His translations helped introduce Yiddish and Hebrew literature to English-speaking readers.
引用
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His fiction is nuanced, surprising, and often arabesque, dealing with the demands of the present and the claims of the past.
出典: Commentary by Lewis Fried (entry in Encyclopaedia Judaica) (2007年)
豆知識
- Born in Vienna in 1932; emigrated to the United States in 1938.
- Yiddish was spoken at home; his parents encouraged his interest in Yiddish literature and theater.
- The Yemenite Girl was expanded from a 1973 short story and won the Edward Lewis Wallant Award.
- In later years he co-authored Jewish travel writing with his wife.
- A 2013 interview in an Italian newspaper included remarks implying inconsistent ages, drawing attention to possible errors in reported dates.