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{{Short description|Israeli novelist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Hagar Yanai<br />הגר ינאי
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| occupation = Novelist
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'''Hagar Yanai''' ({{lang-he|הגר ינאי}}; born 1972) is an
==Biography==
Hagar Yanai was born in [[Kibbutz]] [[Barkai]]. Following her army service, she studied [[Anthroposophy]] for two years at Kibbutz [[Harduf]] and then traveled to [[Japan]] where she studied for a year with a [[Zen master]] in [[Tokyo]], and worked as a hostess in night clubs. She spent some time in a [[Zen]] [[monastery]] in Kyosho. Her first book, ''A Woman in Light'', was inspired by her affair with the head of the monastery.<ref>{{cite news |author=Gon Ben Ari |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3519624,00.html |title=Hocus Pocus |language=he |work=[[Ynet]] |date=16 March 2008 |accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref> Yanai received her [[
==Literary career==
Yanai worked as a [[journalist]] for ''Hayim Aherim'' (A Different Life) magazine, and the weekend supplement of Hebrew daily ''[[Haaretz]]''. She was also a book critic for the Hebrew daily ''[[Globes (newspaper)|Globes]]'', and the [[Literary criticism|literary]] and [[Film criticism|film critic]] for Israeli Television [[Channel 2 (Israel)|Channel Two]]. Today, she works as a literary editor, teaches creative writing, and is a book critic for the [[Army Radio|IDF radio station]] and Israel Television [[Channel 1 (Israel)|Channel One]].<ref>[http://library.osu.edu/sites/users/galron.1/00848 Hagar Yanai – From the New Hebrew Literature Lexicon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909091321/http://library.osu.edu/sites/users/galron.1/00848 |date=2009-09-09 }} (Hebrew) <!-- redirects to http://library.osu.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/00848/ 404--></ref>
Yanai's second book, ''Alex's Eternity Machine'', describes the journey of a rebellious female soldier in the [[Golan Heights]]. The soldier, Duba, runs away from a young and aggressive officer who wants to rehabilitate her, and looks for Alex, a young physics genius, with whom she fell in love in her youth, and who is trying to invent the [[Perpetual motion|Perpetuum Mobile]]. The book was nominated for the 2006 [[Sapir Prize]] for Literature.<ref>{{cite web |author=Eli Eshed |authorlink=Eli Eshed |url=http://no666.wordpress.com/2005/02/18/%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%92%D7%A8-%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%99/ |script-title=he:התיאוריה הסופית של הגר ינאי |trans-title=Hagar Yanai's Final Theory |publisher=Eli Eshed's blog in "Reshimot" site |date=18 February 2005 |language=Hebrew |accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3039030,00.html |script-title=he:יתור הוא כוח |language=he |trans-title=Yielding is Power |author=Yoram Kaniuk |authorlink=Yoram Kaniuk |work=[[Ynet]] |date=30 January 2005 |accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref>
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Yanai's fourth book and the second in ''The Leviathan of Babylon trilogy'', ''The Water Between the Worlds'', was published in February 2008. It describes the beginning of the great battle for the Empire of Babylon. The four [[protagonists]] from the first book, Jonathan and Ella Margolis, Hillel Ben-Shahar, and Princess Nin-Urmuz, are faced with even more difficult challenges and ordeals. The Water Between the Worlds was awarded the 2008 Geffen Award for Best Original Hebrew Fantasy.
The third book in ''The Leviathan of Babylon trilogy'', ''Into The Abyss'', was published in 2017 by Modan and Ocean Publishing. The Water Between the Worlds was awarded the 2018 [[Geffen Award]] for Best Original Hebrew Fantasy<ref>{{cite news |url=http://geffen.sf-f.org.il/?p=1626 |script-title=he:זוכי פרס גפן לשנת 2018 |language=he |trans-title=The winners of the 2018 Geffen award |author="Amir Hirshfeld |work=
Yanai was also awarded the 2008 [[Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works|Prime Minister's Award for Hebrew Literary Works]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Shahar Ilan |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/a-leviathan-at-azrieli-1.250773 |title=A leviathan at Azrieli |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] Books Supplement |date=August 2008 |accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref>
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* ''A Woman in Light'', [[Jerusalem]], [[Keter Publishing House|Keter]], 2001
* ''Alex's Eternity Machine'', Jerusalem, Keter, 2004
* ''The Leviathan of Babylon'', (Fantasy, Leviathan Trilogy I), Jerusalem, Keter, 2006
* ''The Water Between the Worlds'', (Fantasy, Leviathan Trilogy II), Jerusalem, Keter, 2008
* ''The universe beyond the horizon - conversations with Professor [[Haim Eshed]]'', Jerusalem, Yedioth Books, 11/2020<ref>https://www.ybook.co.il/book/7837/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8-%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A7---%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%97%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A2%D7%9D-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%93</ref><ref>https://www.gefenpublishing.com/product.asp?productid=2935</ref>▼
* ''A Safe Place For The Heart'', Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir, 2011
* ''Into The Abyss'', (Fantasy, Leviathan Trilogy III), Modan and Ocean Publishing, 2017
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▲* ''The universe beyond the horizon - conversations with Professor [[Haim Eshed]]'', Jerusalem, Yedioth Books, 11/2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ybook.co.il/book/7837/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8-%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A7---%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%97%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A2%D7%9D-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%93|title = היקום מעבר לאופק - שיחות עם פרופסור חיים אשד - הגר ינאי | ידיעות ספרים שאוהבים}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gefenpublishing.com/product.asp?productid=2935|title = The Universe Beyond the Horizon (Hebrew)-Gefen Publishing House}}</ref>
==Edited books==
* ''Roses Over There: Erotic Fiction by Israeli Writers'', [[Tel Aviv]], Alfa, 2003
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* [http://www.sf-f.org.il/story_879 Excerpt from The Leviathan of Babylon] {{in lang|he}}
* {{cite news |url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/15/ART/869/519.html |title=Anti-Aging |language=he |author=Eli Eshed |publisher=NRG |date=13 February 2005}}
* {{cite news |url=http://bidur.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=376581&TypeID=1&sid=123 |script-title=he:"הלוויתן מבבל" נושא את אג'נדת אהבת המלנכוליה בעולם פנטסטי מענג |language=he |trans-title=The Leviathan of Babylon conveys the agenda of the love of melancholy in a pleasurable world of fantasy |author=Lilach Wallach |publisher=Nana 10 |date=31 May 2006 |access-date=5 July 2009 |archive-date=12 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812105148/http://bidur.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=376581&TypeID=1&sid=123 |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite news |author=Shahar Ilan |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/1.1336022 |script-title=he:לווייתן ברכבת השלום |language=he |trans-title=Leviathan in a Peace Train |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |date=7 July 2008}} On the book ''The Water Betwixt the Worlds''.
* {{cite news |author=Hagar Yanai |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3467845,00.html |script-title=he:מי אמר שאין פה פנטזיה? |language=he |trans-title=Who says there is no fantasy here? |work=[[Ynet]] |date=6 November 2007}} Hagar Yanai recommends five fantasy books that are Israeli in essence.
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[[Category:Israeli women novelists]]
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[[Category:Israeli film critics]]
[[Category:Israeli women film critics]]
[[Category:Recipients of Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works]]
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