Creator Bio
Shimon Adaf
b. 1972
Shimon Adaf was born in Sderot, Israel. As a poet and novelist, he has explored the use of classical and modern Hebrew. He has also been a journalist specializing in rock music, as well as an editor for the Keter publishing house. Adaf received the Ministry of Education Award, the Prime Minister’s Prize, and the Yehuda Amichai Prize for Poetry.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
Primary Source
Sderot
It took me twenty years to love
this hole in the middle of nowhere.
The cotton balls spread a white flame
and there was an ill wind in the cypresses
until for the first time I saw,
with a just eye,
t…