Neustart Kultur und VG Wort. 2021, The Berlin Senat Grant for the “Middle East Union”’s festival. 2020 “An Eruption from the East: Re visiting the emergence of the mizrahi artistic explosion and it’s imprint on the Israeli cultural narrative” First collection of articles was published in Israel 2019 First collection of poems was published in Germany 2018 First Hörspil - WDR 2017 LCB berlin sommerfest 2016 Helicon International Literary festival 2016 Basel International Literary Festival 2015 - Best book of year prize on "Yekum Tarbut" 2014 - Arab Jewish Texts—Conference, Chicago University 2014 - "Digital Roundtable" conference at Cornell University 2014 - Rabinovich Foundation Prize 2014 - Contemporary Israeli Poetry from Berlin 2013 - ACUM – Grant 2012 - A Translation workshop - Literaturwerkstatt Berlin 2011 - Honorable mention at "Haaretz" Annual short story contest 2011 - Honorable mention at "Einat" Annual Science fiction short story contest 2006 - Best Poetry Book of the Year (Haifa Cultural Foundation) 2010 - Rabinovich Foundation Prize 2001 - "Best Debut Poetry Book of the Year" (National Art Trust of the National Lottery) Literary work Shemoelof writing is diverse and includes poetry, drama and prose. His works have won significant recognition and prizes. Shemoelof has published seven 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). "Hebrew from its inner outsiders" (2017). His first short stories book was published by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir, the leading publishing company in Israel. His works have been translated to six languages, and gained worldwide attention. A German translation of some of Shemoelof's literary pieces was done by Berlin's Literaturwerkstatt, which also invited him to Berlin to record him reading his poems on audio. English translations of his works were published in major journals, such as Zeek, Fusion, and Arspolitica. An Arabic translation of his works was recently published in several leading literary papers, including ones in Egypt and in Lebanon. Besides that, his works have been translated to Japanese and Italian. Shemoelof was awarded several notable prizes for his works. Some notable ones are the prize for "Best Debut Poetry Book of the Year", awarded by the National Art Trust of the National Lottery, in 2001; the prize for "Best Poetry Book of the Year", awarded by the Haifa Cultural Foundation, in 2006; an Honorable Mention, awarded by