18 Facts About Con Leventhal

Con Leventhal was an Irish lecturer, essayist, and critic.

Con Leventhal's parents were Rosa and Moses Leventhal.

Con Leventhal was a Zionist, who was a founding member of the Women's Zionist Society.

Con Leventhal lived in the "Little Jerusalem" of Dublin, the area around the South Circular Road, in his youth.

Con Leventhal attended Wesley College, Dublin, and then Trinity College Dublin to study modern languages.

Con Leventhal joined the first Zionist commission and travelled to Palestine after World War I, and helped to found the newspaper, Palestine Weekly.

Con Leventhal was then invited to join the Jewish National Fund's London office, and began working on the Zionist Review.

Con Leventhal returned to Dublin to complete his degree in 1920, and in 1921 travelled to Paris where he met James Joyce.

Con Leventhal worked with his father-in-law, Joseph Zlotover, at the family furniture business on Mary Street for a time.

Con Leventhal completed a PhD in contemporary French literature, and in 1932 was appointed to the staff of the French department at TCD.

Con Leventhal was associated with a number of progressive cultural movements in Dublin of the 1920s and 1930s.

Con Leventhal was a regular attendee at meetings held to promote Jewish culture and nationalism, and lectured this group on Joyce.

Con Leventhal was interested in drama, and was a member of the avant-garde Dublin Drama League, occasionally performing with them.

Con Leventhal was published in The Irish Times, The Irish Press, The Listener, Westminster Weekly, Financial Times, and International Herald Tribune.

Con Leventhal was a regular contributor to Radio Eireann and BBC broadcasts.

Con Leventhal began a long-term relationship with Ethna MacCarthy, marrying her after the death of his first wife in 1956.

Con Leventhal retired from TCD in 1963, and moved to Paris, where he became Beckett's literary assistant.

Con Leventhal lived on Boulevard Montparnasse with his partner Marion Leigh.