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He has been a member of the Parent Assembly No. 1 of the Society of American Magicians for 45 years, and was named "Magician of the Year" in 2007. He is also a long time attendee at [[FFFF]], "Fechter's Finger Flinging Frolic," an invitation-only convention for close-up magicians held in upstate New York. In 2008, Schwarzman was named the recipient of a performing fellowship at the Magic Castle. | He has been a member of the Parent Assembly No. 1 of the Society of American Magicians for 45 years, and was named "Magician of the Year" in 2007. He is also a long time attendee at [[FFFF]], "Fechter's Finger Flinging Frolic," an invitation-only convention for close-up magicians held in upstate New York. In 2008, Schwarzman was named the recipient of a performing fellowship at the Magic Castle. | ||
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Howie Schwarzman (b.1927-d.2020) was an American magician, card manipulator, sleight of hand expert, and trick inventor. Considered a "living legend" in the Eastern United States magician community, he was best-known as a columnist within the magic magazines, and an importer of very rare tricks from outside the United States.
Biography
In his youth, Schwarzman was considered a "red-headed prodigy", and was mentored by New York orchestra leader Richard Himber, creator of the Linking Finger-Ring trick. Schwarzman was known for pulling pranks at Himber's request, such as impersonating mentalist Joseph Dunninger. In 1962, Schwarzman began mentoring the teenaged Denny Haney, who he booked to perform at the Society of American Magicians.
Schwarzman was one of the charter members of F.A.M.E., the "Future American Magical Entertainers", a magic club created for young magicians in New York City in the 1940s, under the tutelage of Professor Abe Hurwitz, father of Shari Lewis.
Schwarzman became a magic dealer in 1976 and specialized in rare imported tricks, notably from European magicians like Lubor Fiedler. He also wrote a popular column, "I've Said It Before", for Tannen’s Magic Manuscript Magazine, and in M-U-M. At a time when other magicians were publishing books, notes and more, Schwarzman stayed notably silent, publishing only "Dynamic Deceptions," a staple-bound pamphlet which he used as the basis for many of his lectures. He issued a second set of notes, featuring his handling of John Ramsay's "Three Coins in the Hat" routine. Schwarzman's instructions for this effect ran 65 steps, and incorporated 18 illustrations of hand positions.
He has been a member of the Parent Assembly No. 1 of the Society of American Magicians for 45 years, and was named "Magician of the Year" in 2007. He is also a long time attendee at FFFF, "Fechter's Finger Flinging Frolic," an invitation-only convention for close-up magicians held in upstate New York. In 2008, Schwarzman was named the recipient of a performing fellowship at the Magic Castle.