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Mati Shemoelof

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Mati Shemoelof
מתי שמואלוף
Born (1972-07-11) July 11, 1972 (age 54)
OccupationWriter
Writing career
GenresImmigrant writing
Notable workBagdad Haifa Berlin

Mati Shemoelof (Hebrew: מתי שמואלוף; born July 11, 1972), is an Israeli author and journalist. His first short story collection, Remnants of the Cursed Book, won the 2015 award for Best Book of the Year of "Yekum Tarbut" website.[1] "Bagdad - Haifa - Berlin" - His first bilingual collection of poems was published in Germany by Aphorisma Verlag.

Early life

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Shemoelof was born and raised in Haifa, Israel. He now lives in Berlin.[citation needed]

Shemoelof received his BA degree from the Department of Theater at Tel Aviv University, and an MA degree in History from the University of Haifa.[citation needed] He was pursuing a PhD in Literature at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and left in order to focus on his writing.[2]

He taught at Kedma High School in Jerusalem. He also taught creative writing at Ron Vardi Center for Gifted Children,[3] and was a lecturer of Israeli culture at Minshar School of Art  [he] in Tel Aviv.[4]

Literary work

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Shemoelof writing is diverse and includes poetry, drama, and prose. His works have won significant recognition and prizes.

Shemoelof has published seven poetry books: "The Scar Minimizer" (2001);[5] "Poetry Between Hazaz and Shemoelof" (2006);[6] "Why Don't I write Israeli Love Songs" (2010);[7] "Appetite for Hunger" (2013),[8] "Last tango in Berlin" (2014).[9] "Hebrew from its inner outsiders" (2017).[10][11]

His first book of short stories was published by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir, the leading publishing company in Israel.

His works have been translated into six languages and gained worldwide attention. A German translation of some of Shemoelof's literary pieces was done by Berlin's Literaturwerkstatt, which also invited him to Berlin to record him reading his poems on audio.[12] English translations of his works were published in major journals, such as Zeek,[13] Fusion,[14] and Arspolitica.[15] An Arabic translation of his works was recently published in several leading literary papers, including ones in Egypt[16] and in Lebanon.[17] Besides that, his works have been translated to Japanese[18] and Italian.[19]

Shemoelof was awarded several notable prizes for his works. Some notable ones are the prize for "Best Debut Poetry Book of the Year", awarded by the National Art Trust of the National Lottery, in 2001; the prize for "Best Poetry Book of the Year", awarded by the Haifa Cultural Foundation, in 2006; an Honorable Mention, awarded by the Israeli Haaretz magazine during its annual short story contest, in 2011;[20] Best poetry book of the year (Haifa Cultural Foundation 2006); and the highly appreciated Acum Prize for advocating literature in Israel, in 2013. Additionally, his play "What Has the Memorial Day Service Become" appeared in the Small-Bama festival at the University of Tel Aviv.

In addition, he co-edited several poetry anthologies: "Aduma" (Red: An Anthology of Class Poetry),[21] which had been sold in three editions since its first release in 2007; "Tehudot Zehut" (Echoing Identities) (2007),[22] an anthology addressing the issues of third generation Mizrahi Jews in Israel, in which Shemoelof's short autobiographical story "The Icebergs of the Memory" was published; "La-Tzet!" (To Get Out!),[23] is a 2009 collection of visual art pieces and poems against the war in Gaza. "La-Tzet!" represents the ideological unification of the artistic and literary society in Israel, in revolt towards the complex political situation, and it was translated and published in both English and Arabic; "Al Tagidu BaGat", which was published in 2010 and explored the influence of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight on the Hebrew Poetry.[24] Shemoelof was also the editor of the Israeli literary journal HaKivun Mizrah (Eastward) between 2006 and 2008.

He also was publishes regularly in Israel's leading media channels. He wrote a weekly column in the daily Israel HaYom (Israel Today), where he also posted literature reviews, and at Mako, the Internet news site of Keshet.[25] Previously, he was a columnist at an Israeli news website, Ynet,[26] (Israel's most popular news site), NRG -(Israel's #3 news site) at Ma’ariv.,[27] and at Walla!, Israel's most popular portal.

Activism

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The political nature of Shemoelof's literary work is closely tied to his activist endeavors. One representation of that is his contribution, as a co-editor, to the "Ruh Jedida - A New Spirit" project, an open letter from Israeli descendants of the Arab Jews of the Middle East and North Africa, to their Muslim peers living in those very countries. The letter embodies the idea of promoting change through ״intra-regional and inter-religious dialog.״.[28]

Additionally, Shemoelof is a co-founder of "Culture Guerrilla", an Israeli movement which propagates poetry as an accessible art form, and promotes political causes by means of art performed in public. Despite the usually exclusive nature of poetry and poetry reading, the movement has achieved significant success in high-profile cases regarding contemporary economical and social events, reaching front headlines in Israel, along with several journalistic mentions abroad, the most notable of which was a New York Times article.[29] In 2013, the "Culture Guerrilla" publishers, under Shemoelof's supervision, edited two editions of the new Mizrahi poetry collective named "Ars Poetics" that became one of the leading stages of the Mizrahi art scene in Israel.[30] Shemoelof is also the co-founder of the Israeli Poets Union.[31]

Shemoelof has engaged in extensive volunteer work. He was a founding member of the Haifa branch of the political info-shop, Salon Mazal.[32] He volunteered in Keshet, The Democratic Rainbow Organization,[33] as a researcher and spokesman for five years. He co-founded the multi-ethnical annual workshops in Tel Aviv for Ashkenazi and Mizrahi cultural movements at Beit Leyvik[34] House for Yiddish writers.[35] He contributed critical texts to several plastic art shows at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art[36] and at Bezalel Academy of Arts.[37]

Between 2006 and 2008, Shemoelof was part of MiMizrach Shemesh, an organization devoted to the Jewish tradition of social responsibility.[citation needed]

Bibliography

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Novels

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  • Remnants of the Cursed Book, Kineret-Zmora-Bitan publishers, 2014.[38]
  • The Prize, Pardes publishing house, 2021

Novellas

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  • Looking for a dead father, Booxilla, 2013
  • A winter in the middle of a summer, Booxilla, 2013
  • We need another time machine, Pardes publishing, 2013
  • Corps in Berlin, Indibook, 2014.
  • The Black River, Bombay Review, 2016.
  • "Every Poison Holds Too Much Magic", Maarav magazine, 2016.
  • "To the Son of a Whore", Consequence magazine, 2017.[39]
  • "Memories from Haifa", Rigorous magazine, 2018.
  • "The Story of Chezi and Helena", StadtSprachen magazine, 2019.

As an editor

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  • Red, Ha Civon Mizrah, Maayan and Etgar, 2007.
  • Echoing Identities, Am-Oved publishers, 2007. With Nir Baram.[40]
  • Eastward: A Literary Journal, No. 12, 2006.
  • Eastward: A Literary Journal, No. 13, 2007.
  • Eastward: A Literary Journal, No. 14, 2007.
  • Eastward: A Literary Journal, No. 15, 2009.
  • To Get Out!, second ed. Guerrilla Culture, 2009.
  • The Influence of the Palestinian Nacba on the Hebrew Poetry, Pardes Publishing, 2010.
  • The Best Poems of Guerrilla-Culture, Pades Publishing, 2010.
  • We Will Not Leave: Photography and Poetry from Sheikh Jarrah, 2010.[41]
  • The Tent Poetry, Geurrilla Culture, 2011.[42]
  • Larochav Magazine, Guerrilla Culture, 2012.[43]
  • Avodat Giloy, Guerrilla Culture, 2012.[44]
  • "An Eruption from the East: Re visiting the emergence of the mizrahi artistic explosion and its imprint on the Israeli cultural narrative", Iton 77 publishers, 2020.[45]

Poetry

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  • Scar Minimizer (Tel-Aviv: Gwanim Publishers, 2001).
  • Poetry Between Hazaz and Shemoelof (Tel-Aviv: Yaron Golan, 2006).
  • Why I Do Not Write Israeli Love Songs (Tel-Aviv: Nahar-Sfarim, 2010).[46]
  • Appetite for Hunger (Tel-Aviv: Nahar-Sfarim, 2013).[46]
  • Last Tango in Berlin[47] (Berlin: Booxilla, 2014)
  • Hebrew from its inner insiders[48] (Haifa: Pardes, 2017)
  • Bagdad - Haifa - Berlin: 40 ausgewählte Gedichte - Hebräisch-deutsche Ausgabe, mit einem Gedicht in arabischer Übersetzung,[11] 2019
  • Das kleine Boot in meiner Hand nenn ich Narbe: Gedichte. Parasitenpresse, 2023. ISBN 978-3-98805-012-0

Plays

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  • Ma Nolad Me Tekes Yom Ha’Ziicaron: What has Come of Memorial Day Service (Small-Bama) Festival, 2, The Tel Aviv University, 2003.
  • Good Energy (Birobizan Theatre, Tel Aviv 2011; Under the Mountain Festival, 2012).
  • Das künftige Ufer[49] WDR. 2019.

References

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  1. ↑ כץ, ד״ר ניסים (29 December 2014). "סיכום שנה – ראש בראש: אריק גלסנר וניסים כ"ץ ממליצים על הספרים הטובים ביותר של שנת 2014". יְקוּם תַּרְבּוּת.
  2. ↑ "מחזור תשסח – isefresearch". isefresearch.wiki.huji.ac.il (in Hebrew). 2011-03-11. Archived from the original on 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  3. ↑ צוות ההדרכה תשע"ג. Roncenter.co.il. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  4. ↑ "StackPath". www.minshar.org.il.
  5. ↑ מגמד הצלקות – מתי שמואלוף. Simania.co.il. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  6. ↑ שירה בין חזז ובין שמואלוף – מתי-שמואלוף. Text.org.il. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  7. ↑ למה אני לא כותב שירי אהבה ישראליים – מתי שמואלוף. Text.org.il. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  8. ↑ "האסון מתחיל בארוחת עסקים/ מתי שמואלוף - לרכישה באינדיבוק". אינדיבוק (in Hebrew). 2013-10-02. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  9. ↑ פרידה בברלין – מתי שמואלוף. Simania.co.il. Retrieved on 2014-07-24.
  10. ↑ עברית מחוץ לאיבריה המתוקים - מתי שמואלוף Retrieved on 2017-09-14.
  11. 1 2 Shemoelof, Mati (August 30, 2019). Bagdad - Haifa - Berlin: 40 ausgewählte Gedichte - Hebräisch-deutsche Ausgabe, mit einem Gedicht in arabischer Übersetzung. ASIN 3865750761.
  12. ↑ Mati Shemoelof - Lyrikline 2012
  13. ↑ Shemoelof, Mati (25 March 2013). "In an Entire Ruined Village and at the Jaffa Expulsion".
  14. ↑ Shemoelof, Mati (30 April 2011). "Why don't I write Israeli Love Songs".
  15. ↑ "Dictatorship Spot | Mati Shemoelof". artpolitica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  16. ↑ מחאה ישראלית במצרים? – וואלה! תרבות. E.walla.co.il. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  17. ↑ ":: صحيفة الـغـــاوون ::". alghaoon.com (in Arabic). 2010-02-13. Archived from the original on 2010-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  18. ↑ ディモナから、涙の半分 « המבוקש מס' 2. Matityaho.com. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  19. ↑ "Italian Festival of La Poesia Come". האתר של מתי שמואלוף. 7 April 2013.
  20. ↑ Haaretz. Haaretz.co.il. Retrieved on 2011-06-27.
  21. ↑ ETGAR Archived 2010-01-18 at the Wayback Machine. Etgar.info. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  22. ↑ תהודות זהות. Am-oved.co.il. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  23. ↑ "Etgar.info - for Sale!". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
  24. ↑ המבוקש מס' 2 Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine. Notes.co.il (2009-12-29). Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  25. ↑ מתי שמואלוף – טור אישי. Mako.co.il. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  26. ↑ "ynet - תוצאות חיפוש - דף הבית". www.ynet.co.il.
  27. ↑ מעריב nrg. Nrg.co.il. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  28. ↑ "English". عودة الروح: روحٌ جديدة | רוח ג'דידה. 27 April 2011.
  29. ↑ Kirshner, Isabel (25 August 2010). "A Test of Wills Over a Patch of Desert". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  30. ↑ אליהו, אלי (5 December 2013). "קבוצת "ערס פואטיקה" רוצה לעשות מהפכה בשירה העברית". הארץ – via Haaretz.
  31. ↑ "The Poets' Struggle". 22 December 2011.
  32. ↑ "הפיח ,לזמ ןולס לע תומישר שמח". stagemag.co.il. Archived from the original on 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  33. ↑ הקשת הדמוקרטית המזרחית. Ha-keshet.org.il. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  34. ↑ אגודת סופרי ועיתונאי יידיש בישראל – Text on Homepage Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. leyvik.org.il (2013-01-29). Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  35. ↑ ynet קוראים לי אורי ואני אשכנזי – יהדות. Ynet.co.il. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  36. ↑ Alienated Past and Alienated Present: On the Engagement with Nightmarish Light retrieved 8.4.2013
  37. ↑ "Bezalel // Issue No. 4 - The Ides of April, Spring 2007 The Violence in the Constitution of the Origin Mati Shemoelof retrieved 8.4.2013". Archived from the original on 2007-12-19.
  38. ↑ שווימר, יותם (11 March 2014). ""מקלחת של חושך": שמואלוף מפחיד ומטריד". Ynet.
  39. ↑ "Volume 9: Spring 2017". www.consequencemagazine.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  40. ↑ "תהודות זהות". www.am-oved.co.il. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  41. ↑ "We will not leave - Photography and Poetry from Sheikh Jarrah" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-21. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  42. ↑ "שירון המהפכה". Scribd.
  43. ↑ "לרוחב مقطع عرضي". www.gerila.co.il. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  44. ↑ נעמן, יונית (29 September 2012). "ללא כותרת - העוקץ". העוקץ. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  45. ↑ "ללא כותרת - העוקץ". www.haokets.org.
  46. 1 2 נהר הוצאת ספרים. Nahar.co.il. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  47. ↑ "פרדה בברלין". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  48. ↑ "עברית מחוץ לאיבריה המתוקים". פרדס הוצאה לאור.
  49. ↑ "Hörspiel "Das künftige Ufer" von Mati Shemoelof - WDR 3 Hörspiel - Sendungen - Programm - WDR 3 - Radio - WDR". Archived from the original on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
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