Leah (Lea) Aini

Leah (Lea) Aini was born in Tel Aviv in 1962, and studied Hebrew language and literature. She works as an essayist and literary critic, and teaches creative writing. Aini has published four novels, three collections of stories and novellas, two books of poetry and six books for children and youth. Aini has been awarded the Wertheim Prize for Poetry (1988), the Adler Prize for Poetry (1988), the Tel Aviv Foundation Award (1994), the Prime Minister`s Price twice (1994, 2004), the Bernstein Prize for Theater (2006) and the Bialik Prize (2010).

Books Published in Hebrew
Portrait (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1988 [Diokan]
The Empress of Imagined Fertility (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1991 [Keisarit Ha-Pirion Ha-Medumeh]
The Sea Horse Race (stories & novella), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1991 [Giborei Kaitz]
Sand Tide (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1992 [Geut Ha-Hol]
Call Me from Downstairs (youth), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1994 [Tikrah Li Mi-Lemata]
Mr. Rabbit`s Job Hunt (children), Am Oved, 1994 [Mar Arnav Mehapes Avoda]
Hi, Yuli (youth), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1995 [Hei, Yuli]
Someone Must Be Here (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1995 [Mishehi Tzricha Lihiot Kan]
Half-Pint and Wandercloud: Octopina (children), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1996 [Hetzi Ve-Ananas: Tamnunina]
Oleanders or Poisoned Love Stories , (stories) Zmora Bitan, 1997 [Hardufim O Sipurim Mur`alim Al Ahava]
Ashtoret (novel), Zmora Bitan, 1999 [Ashtoret]
Song Me, Song Mummy (children), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2000 [Shir Ani, Shir Ima]
Sdommel (novella & two stories), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 2001 [Sdommel]
Parsley Ponytail (children), Kinneret, 2002 [Kuku Petrozilia]
Giant, Queen, and the Master of Games (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2004 [Anak, Malka Veaman Hamischakim)
Rose of Lebanon (novel), Kinneret, Zmora- Bitan, 2009 [Vered HA-Levanon)

Books in Translation
Someone Must Be Here
German: Frankfurt, Suhrkamp, 1997

Individual works have been published in: Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Ukranian.

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