Howard Schwartz (writer and editor)
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April 21, 1945 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Occupation | author, professor, editor |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genre | myth, poetry, fiction |
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Howard Schwartz (born April 21, 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a widely regarded folklorist, author, poet, and editor of dozens of books. He has won the international Koret Jewish Book Award, for the book Before You Were Born, and won the 2005 National Jewish Book Award for Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism. He has been featured in the Jewish Children's Book Project, local media in his hometown of Saint Louis,The Jerusalem Post, and The Canadian Jewish News, as well as in many other publications.
Schwartz was born April 21, 1945 to Nathan and Bluma (Rubin)
Schwartz's later work in Jewish folklore, fiction, poetry, and children's literature has been recognized by more than forty organizations and literary bodies. He won the Aesop Prize from the American Folklore Society, the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, and the Sydney Taylor Book Award, among others.
More recently, the author was awarded the 2005 National Jewish Book Award for his reference book Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism, an extensive attempt—almost 700 pages—to demonstrate the existence of a Jewish mythology. His children's story Before You Were Born was named one of the top ten children's books of 2005 and was given the Koret International Jewish Book Award from the Koret Foundation in 2006. Before You Were Born describes the angel Lailah, who shares all the secrets of life with children while they are still inside the womb.
Schwartz has been nominated for the National Jewish Book Award six times and has won the award three times.
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