| The Testament | |
| Author: | Elie Wiesel |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Publisher: | Éditions du Seuil Summit Books (US) |
| Release Date: | 1980 |
| English Pub Date: | 1981 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Awards: | Prix du Livre Inter (1980) |
| Isbn: | 978-2-02-005457-7 |
| Isbn Note: | (Seuil) |
| Preceded By: | The Oath |
| Followed By: | The Fifth Son |
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné (1980),[1] translated into English as The Testament (1981)[2] is a novel by Elie Wiesel. 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.[3] 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.[4] The novel won the Prix du Livre Inter, and Prix des Bibliothécaires, Prix Interallie 1980 and was nominated for the Prix Concourt.