Shimon Adaf
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Shimon Adaf is an Israeli poet and author born in Sderot
Sderot
Sderot is a western Negev city in the Southern District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 20,700. The city has been an ongoing target of Qassam rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip...
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Shimon Adaf's first book of poetry, Icarus' Monologue won a prize from the Israeli Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education (Israel)
The Israeli Ministry of Education is the branch of government charged with overseeing public education institutions in Israel. The political head of the department is the Minster of Education, currently Gideon Sa'ar....
. In 1996–2000, Adaf studied at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
, 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 Publishing House
Keter Publishing House is one of the largest publishers in Israel. It was formed in 2005 through a merger of Keter Publishing and Steimatzky. Keter has a large book marketing and distribution network, as well print services and book production for the Israeli domestic and export market. Keter is...
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Poetry
- Icarus' Monologue, 1997 (poems)
- What Which I Thought Shadow Is the Real Body, 2002 (poems)
Prose
- One Mile and Two Days Before Sunset, 2004
- A Mere Mortal (or: The Buried Heart), 2007
- Panim Tzruvei Hama (Sunburnt Faces), 2008
External links
- Shimon Adaf
- lyrikline.orgLyrikline.orglyrikline.org hosts contemporary international poetry as audio and text , plus bibliographies and biographies for each poet.lyrikline.org was started in November 1999 as a German-language site...
page for Shimon Adaf (Hebrew and German). - "Recognizing the Body" Center for the Art of Translation Web Exclusive Content, Translated by Becka Mara McKay (English)