Daniella Carmi

Daniella Carmi was born in Tel Aviv. She studied philosophy and communications at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and writes drama, screenplays and books for adults, children and youth. Her y/a book, Samir and Yonatan, was awarded an Honorable Mention from UNESCO for Children and Young People’s Literature in the Service of Tolerance (1997), the Berlin Prize for Best Children’s Book in Translation (1997), the Silver Quill Award (Germany, 1997), the Batchelder Award for Best Translated Book by the American Library Association (2001), and the Italian WIZO Prize (2003). Carmi has also received first prize at The Acco Festival for her play Artane (1998), the Prime Minister’s Prize twice (1999; 2010), the ACUM Prize (2002) and the Ramat Gan Prize for Where Do Grandpas Fly? (2015). In 2007, her story A Lady Hippopotamus on the Roof was performed at the Haifa Children’s Theater Festival. Carmi has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2008. Her books have been translated into 18 languages.

Photo by: Shai Zakai