Robert Charles Asch (born 1968) is an English people Catholic writer, literary critic, and scholar.
Early life
Robert Asch was born in
London in 1968, into a family of mixed
Canadian Jewish and
descent. His parents were both opera singers.
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.
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".[ 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
Judaism, in 1996. Asch currently resides with his wife and children at Preston,
Lancashire.
Works
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