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{{Short description|Israeli novelist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Hagar Yanai<br />הגר ינאי
| image = Hagar Yanay.jpg
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| caption = Hagar Yanai
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1972}}
| birth_place = [[Kibbutz]], [[Barkai]]
| death_date =
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| nationality = [[Israel]]i
| other_names =
| known_for = Prime Minister's Award Winner, Geffen Award, Devorah Omer Award
| occupation = Novelist
}}
'''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
==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 [[
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 |
Yanai's third book, ''The Leviathan of Babylon'', is the first of a [[Fantasy literature|fantasy]] [[trilogy]]. She wrote the book in a groundbreaking effort to create a widespread audience in the Israeli literary scene for the fantasy genre - her favorite. The book follows the adventures of Jonathan Margolis and his sister Ella, who enter a parallel world, the Empire of [[Babylon]], ruled by the Guild of Hashdarpans – brutal physician-priests who fear the rise of the Leviathan, son of the Abyss. The book draws inspiration from [[Jewish mythology|Jewish]], [[Babylonian mythology|Babylonian]] and [[Middle Eastern mythology (disambiguation)|Middle-Eastern]] [[mythology]]. The Leviathan of Babylon was awarded the 2007 [[Geffen Award]] for Best Original Hebrew Fantasy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3264618,00.html |script-title=he:נפתולי בבל |language=he |
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
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=Geffen |date=6 October 2018 |accessdate=28 March 2021}}</ref> and the 2019 Devora Omer Award for Work of Literature Targeting Middle Grade and Young Adult.
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>
==Published works==
* ''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
* ''A Safe Place For The Heart'', Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir, 2011
* ''Into The Abyss'', (Fantasy, Leviathan Trilogy III), Modan and Ocean Publishing, 2017
* ''Mila And The Dream Snatchers'' (Middle Grade),Tel Aviv, Am Oved, 2019
* ''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>
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==See also==
*[[Hebrew literature]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tehom.co.il/index.html The Leviathan of Babylon Website] {{
* [http://www.sf-f.org.il/story_879 Excerpt from The Leviathan of Babylon] {{
* {{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 |
* {{cite news |author=Shahar Ilan |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/1.1336022 |script-title=he:לווייתן ברכבת השלום |language=he |
* {{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 |
* {{cite news |author=Amichai Shalev |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3618704,00.html |title=החדר שבין העולמות |
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[[Category:Israeli speculative fiction writers]]
[[Category:Ben-Gurion University of the Negev alumni]]
[[Category:Women science fiction and fantasy writers]]
[[Category:People from Haifa District]]
[[Category:Israeli women journalists]]
[[Category:Israeli women novelists]]
[[Category:Israeli literary critics]]
[[Category:Israeli women literary critics]]
[[Category:Israeli film critics]]
[[Category:Israeli women film critics]]
[[Category:Recipients of Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works]]
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