Shimon Adaf

Shimon Adaf (Hebrew: שמעון אדף, born 1972) is an Israeli poet and author born in Sderot.[1]

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]

He was interviewed on the Shaping Business Minds Through Art podcast in 2020.[3]

Awards

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

References
  1. Naama Gershy (2 July 2008). "Netivot, the heart of everything". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. "Israel's top literary award, Sapir Prize, goes to Shimon Adaf". Haaretz. 17 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  3. "#6 Shimon Adaf. Speculative Thinking. - Shaping Business Minds Through Art". The Artian Podcast. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.