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Shimon Adaf
Shimon Adaf is an Israeli poet, novelist and musician who won the Sapir Prize for his novel Mox Nox.
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- Born
- 19 June 1972, Sderot
- Occupation
- writer, poet, literary critic, musician
- Education
- Tel Aviv University
- Founded
- 2014)
Shimon Adaf was born in 1972 in Sderot
Shimon Adaf was born in Sderot in 1972 to Haredi parents who came from Morocco. He studied at an early Shas yeshiva in Sderot. At the start of high school he moved to a secular school in Ashkelon.
During his IDF service he met a musician from Sderot and began making music and writing poetry. His first poems appeared in 1991. After his service he left religious life, and in 1993 he co-founded the journal Ev with Dori Manor.
In 1994 he moved to Tel Aviv and played in the band HaAtzula, which released one album in 1996. He studied at Tel Aviv University from 1996 to 2000 in an interdisciplinary program and wrote on literature, film and rock music for newspapers. He left before finishing a thesis on 19th century detective fiction.
His first poetry book, Icarus' Monologue, came out in 1997. From 2000 to 2005 he was a prose editor at Keter Publishing House. His novels include Frost, Mox Nox and Undercities, and he heads the creative writing program at Ben Gurion University. He lives in Jaffa.
Shimon Adaf's life in 9 milestones
- 1972
Born in Sderot.
- 1993
Co-founded the literary journal Ev.
- 1997
Published his first poetry book, Icarus' Monologue.
- 2004
Published his first novel.
- 2007
Received the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works.
- 2010
Won the Yehuda Amichai Prize for Aviva-No.
- 2013
Won the Sapir Prize for Mox Nox.
- 2017
Received the Newman Prize.
- 2024
Received the Landau Prize for Poetry.
Shimon Adaf served in the military
He served in the IDF as a quartermaster.
Shimon Adaf received 5 awards and honours
- Sapir Prize for Literature
- Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works
- The Yehuda Amichai Prize
- Newman Prize
- Michael Landau Prize
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