Hava Pinhas-Cohen

Hava Pinhas-Cohen was born in Israel in 1955 to parents of Bulgarian origin. She studied Hebrew literature and art history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Pinhas-Cohen has taught literature and written proficiency at high schools and colleges, as well as at Bar-Ilan University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and has developed a special method of integrating literature, Bible, visual arts and cinema. Since 1989, she has been the editor of Dimui, a journal of literature, criticism and Jewish culture, and in 2007 she founded and became the artistic director of Kisufim, a conference of Jewish writers. She is also a book reviewer, translator, and newspaper columnist. Pincas-Cohen was awarded the Yerucham Luria Prize for Debut Poetry (1989), the Israel Efrat Prize (1991), the Prime Minister’s Prize (1995), the ACUM Prize (1998), the Kugel Prize (2000), the Alterman Prize (2002), the Ramat Gan Prize (2013) and the Rishon LeZion Prize for Creativity in Hebrew Language (2015).

Photo by: Iris Nesher