Lea Aini ( he, לאה איני) (born 1962

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

), is an Israeli

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and

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, who has written over twenty books. Her 2009

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''The Rose of Lebanon'', her eighth

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book, deals with the stories that a female soldier volunteer tells about her childhood as the daughter of a

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survivor from

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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

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(original Hebrew language play category). *In 2010, she was awarded the

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for

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, (jointly with Shlomit Cohen-Assif and Mordechai Geldman).

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