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Yossi Avni-Levy was born in Israel in
1962, first son to parents who immigrated to Israel from Afghanistan and Iran.
He studied Middle Eastern history and law at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, and joined Israeli diplomatic service. Published four novels, two
collections of short stories and novellas and one children’s book. He is one of
Israel’s most successful gay writers; in a unique and a colorful language he
describes family relations in the traditional Jewish Sephardi environment, as
well as international experiences and father-son relationships. Snails in
the Rain, a film based on one of his short stories, was released in 2013,
and his novel A Man Without Shadow is now being made into a
feature film. Avni-Levy has received the Prime Minister's Prize (2007).
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Books Published in Hebrew
| | The Garden of Dead Trees
(stories)
, Zmora-Bitan, 1995 [Gan Ha-Etzim Ha-Metim] | | Four Sons
(novellas)
, Zmora-Bitan, 1998 [Arba’a Banim] | | Auntie Farhuma Wasn’t a Whore After All
(novel)
, Am Oved, 2002 [Doda Farhuma Lo Haita Zona] | | A Man Without Shadow
(novel)
, Zmora-Bitan, 2007 [Ish Le-Lo Tzel] | | An Ode to Sins (novel), Zmora-Bitan, 2010 [Shirat Ha-Chataʹim] | | Everybody Loves Me (children-board bk), Kinneret, 2014 [Kulam Ohavim Oti] | | The Love Peddlers
(novel)
, Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2016 [Rochlei Ha-Ahavot] | |
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Books in Translation
German: Frankfurt/Hamburg, Suhrkamp/Mannerschwarm, 2000; pback: Frankfurt, Suhrkamp, 2002; Mannerschwarm, 2006; new ed.: 2014 Polish: Warsaw, SIC, 2007
Serbian: Belgrade, National Library of Serbia, 2013
Albanian: Pristina (Kosovo), Bashkësia Hebreje Bet
Israel Kosova, 2015 Lithuanian: Vilnius, Sofoklis, 2020
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