Shimon Adaf
Shimon Adaf (Hebrew: שמעון אדף, born 1972) is an Israeli poet and author born in Sderot.[1]
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Biography
Shimon Adaf's first book of poetry, Icarus' Monologue, won a prize from the Israeli Ministry of Education. In 1996–2000, Adaf studied at Tel Aviv University, simultaneously writing articles on literature, film and rock music for Israeli newspapers. In 2000–2005, he worked as a prose editor for Keter Publishing House. He is currently the chair of the creative writing program at Ben Gurion University in Israel.
In 2013, he won Israel's prestigious Sapir Prize for his novel "Mox Nox."[2]
Books
Poetry
- Icarus' Monologue, 1997
- What Which I Thought Shadow Is the Real Body, 2002
- Aviva-No, 2009
Prose
(All titles given in approximate English translation)
- One Mile and Two Days Before Sunset, 2004
- The Buried Heart, 2007
- Sunburnt Faces, 2008
- Frost, 2010
- Mox Nox, 2011
- Undercities, 2012
- The Wedding Gifts, 2014
- Detective's Complaint, 2015
- Shadrach, 2017
- Rise and Call, 2017
- I loved loving, 2019
Non-Fiction
- Art and War, 2016 (with Lavie Tidhar)
- I others, 2018
References
- Naama Gershy (2 July 2008). "Netivot, the heart of everything". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- "Israel's top literary award, Sapir Prize, goes to Shimon Adaf". Haaretz. 17 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
External links
- "Shimon Adaf". The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature.
- "Shimon Adaf" (in Hebrew and German). lyrikline.org.
- "Review of Aviva-No, trans: Yael Segalovitz". publishersweekly.com.
- "Aviva-No". Alice James Books.
- "Review of Aviva-No, trans: Yael Segalovitz". themillions.com.
- "Review of Aviva-No, trans: Yael Segalovitz". worldliteraturetoday.org.
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