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Mois Benarroch was born in Tetouan, Morocco, in 1959. At thirteen, he emigrates with his parents to Israel and lives in Jerusalem ever since. He started to write poetry at fifteen in English, then in Hebrew, and finally in his native tongue, Spanish. He published his first poems in 1979. In the 80s, he was part of vanguardist movements and was the editor of Marot magazine. His first book in Hebrew was published in 1994 under the title "The Immigrant's Lament". He has published 40 books of poetry and prose and 70 translations of his books have been published. In 2008 he won the Prime Minister's prize, 2012 the Yehuda Amichai poetry prize, and the Jacqueline Kahannoff and A. Einstein prize. "Mois Benarroch holds the memory of the world in his poetry" Julia Uceda.