Shimon Adaf was born in Sderot, Israel, in 1972 to parents of Moroccan origin. He has published three collections of poetry and six novels. His third collection of poetry, Aviva-No...ver maisShimon Adaf was born in Sderot, Israel, in 1972 to parents of Moroccan origin. He has published three collections of poetry and six novels. His third collection of poetry, Aviva-No, won the Yehuda Amichai prize in 2010, and his novel Mox Nox won the Sapir Prize for Literature in 2013. He resides in Tel Aviv and teaches creative writing and literature at Ben Gurion University.ver menos