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Lea Aini

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Lea Aini
לאה איני
Lea Aini
Born1962
Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality Israel
Occupation(s)Author, poet
Notable workThe Rose of Lebanon
AwardsWertheim Prize for Poetry (1988), Adler Prize for Poetry (1988), Prime Minister's award for Hebrew Literature (1993, 2003), Tel Aviv Foundation Award (1994), Bernstein Prize (2006), Bialik Prize (2010)

Lea Aini (Hebrew: לאה איני) (born 1962 Tel Aviv), is an Israeli author and poet, who has written over twenty books.[1]

Her 2009 novel The Rose of Lebanon, her eighth prose book, deals with the stories that a female soldier volunteer tells about her childhood as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor from Saloniki.

Awards

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Books Published in Hebrew[2]

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Poetry

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  • Diokan ("Portrait"), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1988
  • Keisarit Ha-Pirion Ha-Medumeh ("The Empress of Imagined Fertility"), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1991

Short fiction

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  • Giborei Kayits ("The Sea Horse Race" - stories & novella), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1991
  • Hardufim, O Sipurim Mur`alim Al Ahava ("Oleanders or Poisoned Love Stories" - stories) Zmora Bitan, 1997
  • Sdommel (novella & two stories), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 2001

Novels

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  • Geut Ha-Hol ("Sand Tide"), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1992
  • Mishehi Tzricha Lihiot Kan ("Someone Must Be Here"), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1995
  • Ashtoret ("Astarte"), Zmora Bitan, 1999
  • Anak, Malka ve-Aman Hamiskhakim ("Giant, Queen, and the Master of Games"), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2004
  • Vered Ha-Levanon ("Rose of Lebanon"), Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2009
  • Susit ("Horsey"), Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2012
  • Bat ha-Makom ("The Native" - novel & novella), Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2014

Youth titles

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  • Tikrah Li Mi-Lemata ("Call Me from Downstairs"), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1994
  • Hei, Yuli ("Hi, Yuli"), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1995

Children's titles

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  • Mar Arnav Mehapes Avoda ("Mr. Rabbit's Job Hunt"), Am Oved, 1994
  • Hetzi Ve-Ananas: Tamnunina ("Half-Pint and Wandercloud: Octopina"), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1996
  • Shir Ani, Shir Eema ("One Song Me, One Song Mummy"), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2000
  • Kuku Petrozilia ("Parsley Ponytail"), Kinneret, 2002

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Lev-Ari, Shiri (2003-12-01). ארבעה-עשר סופרים זכו בפרס ראש הממשלה [Fourteen Authors Win Prime Minister's Award] (in Hebrew). HaAretz, Walla! News. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  2. ^ a b "Leah (Lea) Aini". The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
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