Efrat MISHORI

Efrat MISHORI
2009 Resident
  • Asia
  • Western Asia
  • Israel
Hebrew

Efrat MISHORI teaches at the School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem and at Ben-Gurion University. In addition to critical work on poetry, Mishori has published the fairy tale in verse for children Book of Dreams, and five collections of poetry, including [“The Physical Lips” ](2002), [“Sign and Sigh”] (2007) and ['As Far as Efrat']. She is the recipient of the 2000 Rabinovich Art Foundation’s Scholarship for Poetry, and of the 2001 Prime Minister Award for Hebrew Writers. Her participation is made possible by the Fulbright Foundation of Israel Bibliography

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Happening Now

  • In addition to becoming the Berlin LitFest’s first curator-in-residence, Helon Habila has also just received Kaduna Books and Art Festival’s KabaFest Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his "exceptional writing and significant contributions to the development of literature globally."

  • Congratulations to Enah Johnscott, whose film Half Heaven won three awards at the Cameroon International Film Festival—best film, best director, and best cinematographer.

  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

  • Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

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