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'''Hagar Yanai''' ({{lang-he|הגר ינאי}}; born 1972) is an [[Israel]]i author and recipient of the 2008 Prime Minister's Award for Israeli Authors.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3641994,00.html |script-title=he:הוכרזו הזוכים בפרסי היצירה לתשס"ט |trans-title=The winners of the 2008 Prime Minister Award have been announced |work=[[Ynet]] |date=21 December 2008 |language=Hebrew |accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref> And a recipient of the 2019 Devora Omer Award for literaryWork workof targetingLiteratur middleTargeting gradeMiddle Grade and youngYoung adultsAdults<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/news/2019prize_noa_sorek |script-title=he:רשימת הזוכים בפרס שרת התרבות והספורט בתחומי היצירה הספרותית לשנת תשע"ט |trans-title=The winners of the 2019 Minister of Culture and Sports Award after Devora Omer have been announced |work=gov.il |date=29 December 2019 |language=Hebrew |accessdate=28 March 2021}}</ref>.She is also a three-time recipient of the [[Geffen Award]] for Best Original Hebrew Fantasy.<ref>{{cite news |author=Avner Shapira |url=http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,1045,209,28863,.aspx |script-title=he:הגר ינאי זכתה בפרס גפן לספרי פנטסיה |trans-title=Hagar Yanai won the Geffen Award for Fantasy books |publisher=Akbar Hahyir |date=22 October 2008 |language=Hebrew |accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref>
 
==Biography==
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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=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>