Mois Benarroch

Mois Benarroch (Hebrew: מואיז בן הראש; born 12 October 1959) is a Moroccan-Israeli poet and translator. Born in Tétouan, he moved to Tel Aviv, Israel in September 1972 at the age of thirteen with his family.[1] Raised speaking Spanish in Morocco, he began writing poetry in English. He began translating his poetry from English to Hebrew before beginning to write poetry in Hebrew directly.[2]

Benarroch has published over 25 novels and was awarded the Jacqueline Kahanoff Prize for fiction and the Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize in 2012.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Interview: Moroccan-born Israeli poet Mois Benarroch". Poetry International. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  2. ^ Campoy-Cubillo, Adolfo (2012-10-22). Memories of the Maghreb: Transnational Identities in Spanish Cultural Production. Springer. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-137-02815-0.
  3. ^ Elias, Ines (12 August 2021). "איך זוכים בפרס ספרותי שהוא פאסיב אגרסיב? תשאלו את מואיז בן הראש" [How do you win a passive-aggressive literary prize? Ask Moise Ben-Ras]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  4. ^ "Roumani - Benarroch | Sephardic Horizons". www.sephardichorizons.org. Retrieved 2024-12-26.