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Tehila Hakimi

Tehila Hakimi is an Israeli poet and writer, trained as a mechanical engineer, whose first poetry collection, Tomorrow We Work, won the Bernstein Prize for 2015.

born 1982Poetry collection Tomorrow We WorkProse book CompanyGraphic novel In the Water

Born: 27 February 1982, Tel Aviv
Occupation: poet, writer, mechanical engineer
Education: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Tehila Hakimi was born in 1982 in Tel Aviv

Tehila Hakimi was born on February 27, 1982, in south Tel Aviv and grew up in Ganei Tikva. She has 3 sisters.

She served as an officer in the Caracal Battalion. She holds a degree in mechanical engineering and worked as a mechanical engineer. Later she worked as a project manager at Beit Ariela Library.

She began publishing poems in 2013 in the journals Merhav and Ma'ayan and in anthologies. Her first collection, Tomorrow We Work, came out in 2014. In 2016 she published the graphic novel In the Water with illustrator Liron Cohen.

Her first prose book, Company, appeared in 2018 and deals with a woman's experience of corporate work. She later published the novella Mikshe Ahat and the novel Yariti BeAmerica in 2023, and Ima X in 2024. She also edited the children's book Afternoon Kids by Avihai Nizri.

Milestones in Tehila Hakimi's life

1982
Born in Tel Aviv.
2013
Began publishing poems in literary journals.
2014
Published her first poetry collection, Tomorrow We Work.
2015
Won the Bernstein Prize and the Ministry of Culture award for emerging poets.
2016
Published the graphic novel In the Water.
2018
Published Company and received the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works.
2023
Published the novel Yariti BeAmerica.
2024
Published Ima X.