Lea Aini

Israeli author and poet

Lea Aini
לאה איני
Lea Aini
Born	1962 Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality	Israel
Occupation(s)	Author, poet
Notable work	The Rose of Lebanon
Awards	Wertheim 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

In 1988, Eini won the Wertheim Prize for Poetry and the Adler Prize for Poetry.
In 1993, she was awarded the Prime Minister's award for Hebrew Literature, which she received again in 2003.^[1]
In 1994, she received the Tel Aviv Foundation Award.
In 2006, she received the Bernstein Prize (original Hebrew language play category).^[2]
In 2010, she was awarded the Bialik Prize for literature, (jointly with Shlomit Cohen-Assif and Mordechai Geldman).

Books Published in Hebrew^[2]

Poetry

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

Short fiction

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

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

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

Children's titles

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

References

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "Leah (Lea) Aini". The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature. Retrieved 2015-02-24.