Mati Shemoelof (, born July 11, 1972), is an Israeli author, poet, editor, journalist and activist. His first short story collection, "Remnants of the Cursed Book", won the 2015 award for Best Book of the Year of "Yekum Tarbut" website. "Bagdad - Haifa - Berlin" - His first Bi-Lingual collection of poems was published in Germany by Aphorisma Verlag. Early life 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 in Tel Aviv. Publications Scar Minimizer, Gwanim publishers, 2001 (A poetry book). What is born from the fallen ceremony, 2002 (A theater play). Poetry between hazaz and shemoelof, Yaron Golan publishers, 2016 (poetry book). Why don't i write Israeli love poems, Nahar Books, 2010 (Poetry book). An Appetite for hunger, Nahar books, 2013 (poetry book). Remnants of the cursed book and other short stories, Zmora Bitan publishers, 2014 (A collection of short stories). Last tango in Berlin, boxilla publishers, 2014 (A poetry book). Hebrew outside its sweet inside, Pardes publishing, 2017 (A poetry book). ...reißt die Mauern ein zwischen 'uns' und 'ihnen', AphorismA Verlag, 2018 (Kleine Texte 84). Die künftige Ufer, WDR Radio, 2018 (Hörspiel). Bagdad Haifa Berlin, AphorismA Verlag, 2019 (A bi lingual collection of poems) "An Eruption from the East: Re visiting the emergence of the Mizrahi artistic explosion and it’s imprint on the Israeli cultural narrative", Iton 77 publishers, 2019 (An articles book). Bleiben oder Wiederstehen, AphorismA Verlag, 2020 (Kleine Texte 92). The prize, Pardes publishing house, 2021 (A novel). The book was included in the final list of books nominated for the Shulamit Aloni Prize Awards and honors 2022, The novel "The Prize" was on the final list of books nominated for the Shulamit Aloni's literary prize. 2022, Stipendienprogramm 2022 im Raumen von