Hava Pinhas-Cohen


Hava Pinhas-Cohen is an Israeli writer and poet.

Early life

Hava Pinhas-Cohen is an Israeli writer and poet. She 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 Tenach are remarkably woven together in the tapestry of her work." Pinchas-Cohen and her four daughters live in Jerusalem.

Job background

Pinhas-Cohen is a poet, editor and a lecturer of literature and art. In 1989 she founded and edited the Jewish literature, art and culture journal Dimui. "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.

Current life

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

Works of literature