''Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné'' (1980), translated into English as ''The Testament'' (1981) is a novel by

Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel (, born Eliezer Wiesel ''Eliezer Vizel''; September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored Elie Wiesel b ...

. ''The Testament'', to be followed by '' The Fifth Son'', and '' The Forgotten'' mark a thematic change in Elie Wiesel's telling of the Holocaust and its aftermath as Wiesel moves into telling the story of three children of the survivors. The novel takes the form of the memoirs of a Russian Jewish poet, Paltiel Kossova, whose idealism leads him to turn from his Jewish religious heritage towards communism.CS Monitor 1981
From Wiesel, an eloquent, transfixing parable; The Testament, by Elie Wiesel. Translated from the French by Marion Wiesel.
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Prix du Livre Inter The Prix du Livre Inter is a prize for best French novel of the year. It is awarded by the radio channel France Inter. It was established in 1975 at the initiative of Paul-Louis Mignon. List of recipients References {{Reflist Awards establish ...

, and Prix des Bibliothécaires, Prix Interallie 1980 and was nominated for the Prix Concourt.

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1980 French novels Novels by Elie Wiesel Novels set in Romania French-language novels Éditions du Seuil books {{1980s-novel-stub