Shimon Adaf (Hebrew: שמעון אדף, born 1972) is an Israeli poet and author born in Sderot.[1] Shimon, born to parents of Moroccan origin, now lives in Jaffa. [2]
Biography
editShimon 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.[3]
He was interviewed on the Shaping Business Minds Through Art podcast in 2020.[4]
Awards
edit- 2007 - Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works
- 2010 - Yehuda Amichai Award
- 2012 - Sapir Prize
- 2017 - Newman Prize
Books
editPoetry
edit- Icarus' Monologue, 1997
- That Which I Thought Shadow Is the Real Body, 2002
- Aviva-No, 2009
Prose
edit(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
edit- Art and War, 2016 (with Lavie Tidhar)
- I am others, 2018
References
edit- ^ Naama Gershy (2 July 2008). "Netivot, the heart of everything". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ "Shimon Adaf". The Israeli Institute for Hebrew Literature | המכון הישראלי לספרות עברית. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ "Israel's top literary award, Sapir Prize, goes to Shimon Adaf". Haaretz. 17 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ "#6 Shimon Adaf. Speculative Thinking. - Shaping Business Minds Through Art". The Artian Podcast. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
External links
edit- "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. November 2019.
- "Aviva-No". Alice James Books.
- "Review of Aviva-No, trans: Yael Segalovitz". themillions.com. 6 November 2019.
- "Review of Aviva-No, trans: Yael Segalovitz". worldliteraturetoday.org. 10 December 2019.