Robert Asch
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Robert Charles Asch (born 1968) is an English Catholic writer, literary critic, and scholar.
Early life
Robert Asch was born in London in 1968, into a family of mixed Canadian- and Austrian Jewish descent. His parents were both opera singers.{{cite news|last1=Twiston-Davies|first1=Bess|title=Asch Plots a Course to Redeem Culture|url=http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/asch-plots-a-course-to-redeem-culture|accessdate=October 5, 2016|work=Catholic Answers|issue=9|volume=15}} He was educated at St Paul's School and the University of Toronto.
Career
Along with Joseph Pearce, Asch has been co-editor of the St. Austin Review, a Catholic cultural and literary magazine, since September 2001. He is also the Editor of Saint Austin Press.
Asch was Senior Master and teacher of English and History at Chavagnes International College, France, from its inception in 2002 till 2012. He was recently awarded a Wilbur Research Fellowship at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal for his work towards a new study of the English poet Lionel Johnson.
In July 2022, Asch appeared as a speaker at the 41st Annual Conference of the American Chesterton Society in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ash's lecture was titled "Chesterton and the Jews". [https://www.chesterton.org/41st-annual-chesterton-conference/ 41st Annual Chesterton Conference, July 28-30, 2022].
Personal life
Asch is married to the poet Ruth Tyldesley Asch. After several years of living in the post-Velvet Revolution Czech Republic, Asch converted from Reform Judaism to Roman Catholicism, which he has called, "a completion" instead of a rejection of the Jewish religion, in 1996. Asch currently resides with his wife and children at Preston, Lancashire.
Works
- {{cite book|editor1-last=Asch|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Pearce|editor2-first=Joseph|title=The Romantic Poets: Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge, With an Introduction and Contemporary Criticism|date=2014|publisher=Ignatius Press|location=San Francisco, California|isbn=9781586172640|oclc=912700428}}
- Asch, Robert, ed. [http://www.saintaustinpress.com/lionel-johnson-poetry-and-prose-robert-asch Lionel Johnson: Poetry and Prose]. Saint Austin Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1919673004.
References
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External links
- [http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/asch-plots-a-course-to-redeem-culture Asch discusses his conversion and influences]
- [http://staustinreview.org/ Saint Austin Review]
- [http://www.saintaustin.org/ Saint Austin Press]
- [http://www.chavagnes.org/ Chavagnes International College]
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Category:British male non-fiction writers
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Category:Literary critics of English