Hava Pinhas-Cohen Explained

Hava Pinhas-Cohen
Birth Date:18 January 1955
Birth Place:Jaffa, Israel
Death Place:Jerusalem, Israel
Alma Mater:Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Shalom Hartman Institute
Occupation:Writer, poet
Awards:Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works (1995)
ACUM award (1998)
Kugel Prize (2000)
Ramat Gan Prize for Literature (2013)
Dr. Gardner Simon Prize for Hebrew Poetry (2022)

Hava Pinhas-Cohen (Hebrew: חוה פנחס-כהן; 18 January 1955 – 29 October 2022) was an Israeli writer and poet. She was the first sabra of her family. Her work explored themes of Israel, Judaism, and eroticism. She served as the Editor-in-Chief of the literary journal Dimui and a translator, columnist, and book reviewer for Maariv.

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 Tanakh are remarkably woven together in the tapestry of her work." Pinchas-Cohen and her four daughters lived in Jerusalem.[1]

Job background

Pinhas-Cohen was 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.

Later life and death

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

Pinhas-Cohen died on 29 October 2022, at the age of 67.[3] [4]

Works of literature

Awards and recognition

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Union Between Sexuality and Religion . Hava Pinhas-Cohen . 18 November 2014 .
  2. Web site: Hava Pinhas Cohen. International Writers Festival, Jerusalem . 7 November 2014.
  3. News: Elhunyt Hava Pinhas-cohen Izraeli Költő . 29 October 2022 . Szombat . 29 October 2022.
  4. Web site: Mermelstein. Tal. בגיל 67: המשוררת חוה פנחס-כהן הלכה לעולמה . The poet Hava Pinchas-Cohen has passed away, at age 67. Israel Hayom . 2022-10-29 . he.