Hava Pinhas-Cohen

Hava Pinhas-Cohen

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Hava Pinhas-Cohen (Hebrew: חוה פנחס-כהן‎; born 1955) is an Israeli writer and poet.

Early life[]

Hava Pinhas-Cohen was born to a Jewish family of Bulgarian immigrants in 1955. Her family fled the European continent in the aftermath of World War II. They found a new life in Israel. Pinhas-Cohen was the first in her family to be born in the state of Israel.

According to Yaniv Hagbi, in a comment translated from Hebrew to English, "Her experiences, the state of Israel, Judaism, eroticism, and the Tenach are remarkably woven together in the tapestry of her work." Pinchas-Cohen and her four daughters live in Jerusalem.^[1]

Job background[]

Pinhas-Cohen is a poet, editor and a lecturer of literature and art. In 1989 she founded and edited the Jewish literature, art and culture journal Dimui.^[2] "Her poems have been translated and appear in various anthologies in English, French, Serbian-Croatian, Chinese, Greek, and Spanish." Some of her works are Mostly Color, Journey of the Doe, River and Forgetfulness, Orphea’s Poems The Gardener, the Bitch and the Slut, A school of one man, and My Brother, the thirst. In 2007 she founded and became the Artistic Director of Kisufim, a conference of Jewish writers. it has had three successful festivals. The years being 2007, 2009 and 2013.

Current life[]

Hava Pinhas-Cohen studied Hebrew literature and art history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has taught literature and written proficiency in high school for many years, and has developed a special method of integrating literature, Bible, visual arts and cinema. Since 1990, she has been the Editor-in-Chief of Dimui, a journal of literature, criticism and Jewish culture. She is also a book reviewer, translator, and columnist for the daily newspaper Maariv.

Works of literature[]

• Dimui
• Mostly Color
• Journey of the Doe
• River and Forgetfulness
• Orphea’s Poems
• The Gardener, the Bitch and the Slut
• A School of One Man
• My Brother, the Thirst

Awards and recognition[]

• Prime Minister's Prize (1996)
• The ACUM Prize (1998)
• The Kugel Prize (Haim Kugel Literary Award of the Municipality of Holon; 2000)
• The Alterman Prize (2002)
• The Ramat Gan Prize (2013)
• The Rishon LeZion Prize for Creativity in Hebrew Language (2015)

See also[]

• Ada Aharoni
• Karen Alkalay-Gut
• Raquel Chalfi
• Janice Rebibo
• Naomi Shemer
• Yona Wallach
• Zelda (poet)

References[]

Sources[]

• "Hava Pinchas-Cohen". Hava Pinchas-Cohen. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
• "Israeli Poetess Pinhan Cohen".
• "Reviews and Interviews".