Lea Aini ( he, לאה איני) (born 1962 Tel Aviv), is an Israeli author and poet, who has written over twenty books. Her 2009

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

''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. *In 1994, she received the Tel Aviv Foundation Award. *In 2006, she received the

Bernstein Prize The Bernstein Prize is an annual Israeli literary award for writers 50 years of age and younger. The prize is awarded by the Bernstein Foundation, named after Mordechai Bernstein, who left money in his estate to establish a foundation in order to ...

(original Hebrew language play category). *In 2010, she was awarded the Bialik Prize for literature, (jointly with

Shlomit Cohen-Assif Shlomit ( he, שלומית) is a village in southern Israel. Located in the Negev desert, around 700 meters from the Egyptian border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village ...

and

Mordechai Geldman Mordechai Geldman ( he, מרדכי גלדמן; 16 April 1946 – 8 October 2021) was an Israeli poet, non-fiction writer, artist, art critic and curator, and psychologist. His poems were translated into many languages, including the collection ' ...

Books Published in Hebrew

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

External links

"Not only spiritual leaders, but also the moon can teach Bible."
''Poetry International Centre'', May 2, 2005 {{DEFAULTSORT:Aini, Lea 1962 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli novelists 20th-century Israeli poets Bernstein Prize recipients Hebrew-language poets Israeli women novelists Israeli women poets 20th-century women writers Recipients of Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works Jewish women writers