Career
He came to the United States in 1938. His 1957 master"s thesis was on Lamed Shapiro. 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.
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" They spoke Yiddish at home, and encouraged their son"s interest in Yiddish literature and theater. His degrees are a Bachelor from City University of New York (Brooklyn), an Master of Arts from Columbia, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Rutgers, where he taught Hebraic studies from 1960.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Original Music of the Hebrew Alphabet and Weekend in Mustara: Two Novellas. University of Wisconsin Press, 2002 Zix Zexy Ztories.
Texas Technical University Press, 2012.
