Mati Shemoelof

Mati Shemoelof
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Israeli
Genres	Horror, Science Fiction
Notable works	Remnants of the Cursed Book
Website
shemoelof.wordpress.com

Mati Shemoelof (Hebrew: מתי שמואלוף‎‎, born July 11, 1972), is an Israeli author, poet, editor, journalist and activist. His first short story collection, "Remnants of the Cursed Book", was published in 2015, and has won the 2015 award for Best Book of the Year of "Yekum Tarbut" website.

Shemoelof was born and raised in Haifa, Israel. He now lives in Berlin.

Shemoelof received his BA degree from the Department of Theater at Tel Aviv University, and an MA degree in History from the University of Haifa. His MA thesis was titled, "The cultural and mythical meanings of the appearance of the character of Malcolm X in Spike Lee movie (1992)". For this work, he received the Dean’s Prize of Excellence. He was pursuing a PhD in Literature at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and left in order to focus on his writing.

He taught at Kedma High School in Jerusalem. He also taught creative writing at Ron Vardi Center for Gifted Children, and was a lecturer of Israeli culture at Minshar College in Tel Aviv.

Shemoelof writing is diverse and includes poetry, drama and prose. His works have won significant recognition and prizes.

Shemoelof has published six poetry books: "The Scar Minimizer" (2001); "Poetry Between Hazaz and Shemoelof" (2006); "Why Don’t I write Israeli Love Songs" (2010); "Appetite for Hunger" (2013),, "Last tango in Berlin" (2014). and "Hebrew from its inner outsiders" (2017).

His first short stories book was published by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir, the leading publishing company in Israel.

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