"It took Howard Langer two years from his first serious attempt at #writing — 60 pages longhand in pencil — to complete what would become “The Last Dekrepitzer.” It took almost two more years for the 74-year-old to find an agent and #publisher.
“I was 70 and I wanted to #write my whole life, and so I said to myself, ‘You know, if you don’t start now it’s not going to happen.’ So I sat down the next morning and began,” said Langer, a Philadelphia attorney who also teaches at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School.
Langer’s debut #novel about a fiddling #Hasidic #rabbi won the 2024 National #Jewish #Book Award and was shortlisted for The Athenaeum of Philadelphia’s 2024 #Literary Award.
“I was stunned when I received the call telling me of the award,” Langer said."
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