Schwartz, Philip
1988-
A literary researcher and a journalist, he was born in Aachen, Germany. He studied in Tübingen and in Breslau University as well as at the Universities of North Carolina, Michigan, and Uppsala. For lengthier time periods, he has lived in Ukraine, Sweden, Israel, and Poland.
He specializes in neo-Hassidic literature and Yiddish literature on the Soviet Union and Poland.
Since 2021, he has been a regular contributor to the internet weekly
Forverts (Forward).
His publications in Yiddish have appeared also in
Afn Shvel (At the Threshold),
Yidish Branzhe (Yiddish Branch),
Birobidzhaner Shtern (Birobidzhan Star), and
Yidishland (Yiddishland).
Most recently he has been living in Düsseldorf, Germany (2026). He teaches Yiddish language and literature at the Heinrich Heine University.