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Howard Schwartz - Wikipedia

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Howard Schwartz

Born	(1945-04-21) April 21, 1945 (age 79) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation	Author, professor, editor
Genre	myth, poetry, fiction
Website
howardschwartz.com

Howard Schwartz (born April 21, 1945) is an American folklorist, author, poet, and editor of dozens of books. He has won the international Koret Jewish Book Award,^[1] for the book Before You Were Born, and won a 2005 National Jewish Book Award for Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism.^[2]^[3] He has been featured in the Jewish Children's Book Project,^[4] local media in his hometown of Saint Louis,^[5] The Jerusalem Post,^[6] and The Canadian Jewish News,^[7] as well as in many other publications.

Parents and early life

Schwartz was born April 21, 1945, to Nathan and Bluma (Rubin).

Publications and awards

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,^[3] 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^[8] 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.^[9]^[10]

The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World – Nominee in category Children's Literature, 1992
Next Year in Jerusalem: 3000 Years of Jewish Stories – Winner in category Children's Literature, 1996
Reimagining the Bible: The Storytelling of the Rabbis – Finalist in category Jewish Thought, 1999
The Day the Rabbi Disappeared: Jewish Holiday Tales of Magic – Winner in category Children's Literature. 2000.
Invisible Kingdoms: Jewish Tales of Angels, Spirits and Demons – Sole finalist in category Children's Literature, 2002-2003
Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism National Jewish Book Award – Winner in category Reference, 2005

Schwartz works with oral and written sources as a collector and re-teller of Jewish stories and midrash. In this capacity, he has collected more than a thousand unique tales from around the world in several major collections.

Elijah’s Violin and Other Jewish Fairy Tales (1983) ISBN 0-19-509200-7
Miriam’s Tambourine: Jewish Folktales from around the World (1986) ISBN 0-19-282136-9
Lilith’s Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural (1987) ISBN 0-19-506726-6
Gabriel’s Palace: Jewish Mystical Tales (1993) ISBN 0-19-509388-7
Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism (2008) ISBN 978-0-19-532713-7
Leaves from the Garden of Eden (2008) ISBN 0-19-533565-1

References

^ "Koret Book Award Press Release". Retrieved July 26, 2008.
^ Hebrwcollege.edu
^ ^a ^b "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
^ "Sippurim.org". Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
^ STLtoday – Tree of Souls by Howard Schwartz^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Leib, Erin (June 3, 2005). "More than myth". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on March 27, 2010.
^ "Home". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
^ ""The East Village Mamele - The Best Children's Books of the Year - Forward.com"". Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
^ "Howard Schwartz's web page". Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
^ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

v t e American Book Awards winners (1980–1999)
1980	Douglas Woolf Edward Dorn Jayne Cortez Leslie Marmon Silko Mei-mei Berssenbrugge Milton Murayama Quincy Troupe Rudolfo Anaya
1981	Alta Alan Chong Lau Bienvenido N. Santos Helen Adam Lionel Mitchell Miguel Algarín Nicholasa Mohr Peter Blue Cloud Robert Kelly Rose Drachler Susan Howe Toni Cade Bambara
1982	Al Young Duane Niatum E. L. Mayo Frank Chin Hilton Obenzinger Him Mark Lai / Genny Lim / Judy Yung Jerome Rothenberg Joyce Carol Thomas Leroy Quintana Lorna Dee Cervantes Ronald Phillip Tanaka Russell Banks Tato Laviera
1983	Barbara Christian Cecilia Liang Evangelina Vigil-Piñón Harriet Rohmer James D. Houston Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn John A. Williams Joy Kogawa Judy Grahn Nash Candelaria Peter Guralnick Seán Ó Tuama
1984	Cecil Brown Gary Snyder Howard Schwartz/ Mark Podwal Imamu Amiri Baraka Jesús Colón Joseph Bruchac Maurice Kenny Mei-mei Berssenbrugge Miné Okubo Paule Marshall Ruthanne Lum McCunn / You-shan Tang / Ellen Lai-shan Yeung Thomas McGrath Venkatesh Kulkarni William J. Kennedy
1985	Angela Jackson Arnold Genthe / John Kuo Wei Tchen Colleen J. McElroy Gary Soto Peter Irons Keiho Soga / Taisanboku Mori / Sojin Takei / Muin Ozaki Louise Erdrich Maureen Owen May Sarton Robert Edward Duncan Ron Jones Sandra Cisneros Sonia Sanchez Julia Vinograd William Oandasan
1986	Anna Lee Walters Cherríe Moraga / Gloria E. Anzaldúa Helen Barolini Jeff Hannusch Linda Hogan Miguel Algarín Natasha Borovsky Raymond Federman Susan Howe Terence Winch Toshio Mori
1987	Ai Ana Castillo Cyn Zarco Daniel McGuire Dorothy Bryant Etheridge Knight Gary Giddins Harvey Pekar James Welch John Wieners Juan Felipe Herrera Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum Michael Mayo Septima Poinsette Clark / Cynthia Stokes Brown Terry McMillan
1988	Allison Blakely Charles Olson Daisy Bates David Halberstam Edward Sanders Gerald Vizenor Jimmy Santiago Baca Kesho Y. Scott / Cherry Muhanji / Egyirba High Marlon K. Hom Benjamin Hoff Ronald Sukenick Salvatore La Puma Toni Morrison Wing Tek Lum / Tek Lum Lum
1989	Alma Luz Villanueva Askia M. Touré Audre Lorde Carolyn Lau Emory Elliott Eduardo Galeano Frank Chin Henry Louis Gates Isabel Allende J. California Cooper Jennifer Stone Josephine Gattuso Hendin Leslie Scalapino Shuntaro Tanikawa Charles Fanning William Minoru Hohri
1990	Adrienne Kennedy Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Daniela Gioseffi Elizabeth Woody Hualing Nieh Itabari Njeri James M. Freeman John C. Walter / J. Raymond Jones John Norton José Emilio González Sergei Kan Lloyd A. Thompson Martin Bernal Michelle T. Clinton / Sesshu Foster Miles Davis Paula Gunn Allen Shirley Geok-lin Lim / Mayumi Tsutakawa / Margarita Donnelly
1991	Alejandro Murguía bell hooks Bruce Wright Charley Trujillo D. H. Melhem Deborah Keenan Jessica Hagedorn John Edgar Wideman Joy Harjo Karen Tei Yamashita Lucia Berlin Mary Crow Dog Meridel Le Sueur Mill Hunk Herald Collective Nora Marks Dauenhauer / Richard Dauenhauer R. Baxter Miller Thomas Centolella
1992	A'Lelia Perry Bundles Art Spiegelman Benjamin Alire Sáenz Donna J. Haraway Fritjof Capra José Antonio Burciaga Keith Gilyard Lucy Thompson Norma Field Peter Bacho Peter Kalifornsky Raymond Andrews Sandra Scofield Sheila Hamanaka Verlyn Klinkenborg William B. Branch / Amiri Baraka / August Wilson
1993	Asake Bomani / Belvie Rooks Christopher Mogil / Peter Woodrow Cornel West Denise Giardina Diane Glancy Eugene B. Redmond Francisco X. Alarcón Gerald Graff Jack Beatty Leroy V. Quintana Katherine Peter Nelson George Ninotchka Rosca
1994	Giose Rimanelli Eric Drooker Graciela Limón Gregory J. Reed Janet Campbell Hale Jill Nelson Lawson Fusao Inada Nicole Blackman Paul Gilroy Ronald Takaki Rose L. Glickman Tino Villanueva Virginia L. Kroll
1995	Abraham Rodriguez Herb Boyd / Robert L. Allen Denise Chavez John Egerton John Ross Thomas Avena Linda Raymond Li-Young Lee Marianna De Marco Torgovnick Marnie Mueller Peter Quinn Sandra Martz Gordon Henry Jr. Tricia Rose
1996	Agate Nesaule Arthur Sze Chang-Rae Lee Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni E.J. Miller Laino Glenn C. Loury James W. Loewen Joe Sacco / Edward Said Kimiko Hahn Maria Espinosa Robert Viscusi Sherman Alexie Ron Sakolsky / Fred Weihan Ho Stephanie Cowell William H. Gass
1997	Alurista Derrick Bell Dorothy Barresi Guillermo Gómez-Peña Louis Owens Martín Espada Montserrat Fontes Noel Ignatiev Shirley Geok-lin Lim Sunaina Maira Thulani Davis Tom De Haven William M. Banks Brenda Knight
1998	Allison Adelle Hedge Coke Angela Y. Davis Brenda Marie Osbey Don DeLillo Jim Barnes John A. Williams Nancy Rawles Nora Okja Keller Sandra Benitez Scott DeVeaux Thomas Lynch
1999	Alice McDermott Anna Linzer Brian Ward Chiori Santiago E. Donald Two-Rivers Edwidge Danticat Judith Roche / Meg McHutchison Gioia Timpanelli Gloria Naylor James D. Houston Jerry Lipka / Gerald V. Mohatt / Ciulistet Group Trey Ellis Josip Novakovich Lauro Flores Luís Alberto Urrea Nelson George Speer Morgan Gary Gach Chiori Santiago / Judith Lowry

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