Shimon Adaf ( he, שמעון אדף, born 1972) is an Israeli poet and author born in

Sderot Sderot ( he, שְׂדֵרוֹת, , lit. ''Boulevards'', ar, سديروت) is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District of Israel. In it had a population of . Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza (the ...

Biography

Shimon Adaf's first book of poetry, ''Icarus' Monologue'', won a prize from the

Israeli Ministry of Education The Ministry of Education ( he, מִשְׂרָד הַחִנּוּךְ, translit. ''Misrad HaHinukh''; ar, وزارة التربية والتعليم) is the branch of the Israeli government charged with overseeing public education institutions ...

. In 1996–2000, Adaf studied at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

, 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 Keter ( he-a, כֶּתֶר, Keter.ogg, link=yes, ''Keṯer'', lit. " crown") also known as Kether, is the topmost of the sephirot of the Tree of Life in Kabbalah. Since its meaning is "crown", it is interpreted as both the "topmost" of the Se ...

. 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 The Sapir Prize for Literature of Israel is a prestigious annual literary award presented for a work of literature in the Hebrew language. The prize is awarded by Mifal HaPayis (Israel's state lottery), and is a part of the organization's cultural ...

for his novel ''Mox Nox.'' He was interviewed on the Shaping Business Minds Through Art podcast in 2020.

Awards

* 2007 -

Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works The Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works, also known as the Levi Eshkol Literary Award, named after Israel's third Prime Minister, is an annual award granted to writers in the Hebrew language. The prize was established in 1969. Abou ...

* 2010 - Yehuda Amichai Award * 2012 -

* 2017 - Newman Prize

Books

Poetry

* ''Icarus' Monologue'', 1997 * ''That 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 Lavie Tidhar ( he, לביא תדהר; born 16 November 1976) is an Israeli-born writer, working across multiple genres. He has lived in the United Kingdom and South Africa for long periods of time, as well as Laos and Vanuatu. As of 2013, Ti ...

) * ''I am others'', 2018

References

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