Shva Salhoov

Shva Salhoov (; born in 1963) is an Israeli poet, essayist, writer and art critic.

Biography Salhoov was born in Kiryat Ekron in 1963, to Libyan immigrants to Israel. She attended the May Boyar residential high school in Jerusalem, which she cites as a watershed in her personal development: The Mizrahi girl from a traditionally religious family from Israel's social and geographical periphery, found herself trying to fit into these privileged Ashkenzi liberal Western academic and social environs.

After her studies she returned to her parents' home, only to find out that her time away, since the age of 12, changed her in ways that made her feel foreign here as well. Her wish to read and study her father's holy texts was forbidden, and she cites this moment as when she understood the meaning of patriarchy.

Salhoov is regularly published in literary journals, such as Odot and Theory & Criticism. She is an art critic, who writes regularly for newspapers and magazines. She also curates art exhibits.

Books

Onat Hameshugaim / עונת המשוגעים (Sifriyat Maariv, 1996), (short stories). Masa HaOtiyot shel Tamara / מסע האותיות של תמרה (Hed Arzi, 2000), children's book. Ir VeNasheiha / עיר ונשיה (Keter Publishing 2003). Ma Yesh Lakh, Ester / מה יש לך, אסתר (Keter Publishing, 2005), novel. Torat HaHitukhim / תורת החיתוכים (Divrei-m, 2011), poetry]. Masot Al Amanut VeYahadut / מסות על אמנות ויהדות, Resling, 2017